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Cow Island, Louisiana

Coordinates: 29°54′00″N 92°15′43″W / 29.900°N 92.262°W / 29.900; -92.262
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Cow Island is an unincorporated community in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana, United States.[1]

Cow Island was the subject of controversy over suspected arsenic releases from cattle dip tanks; residents of the city sued a pharmaceutical company for US$5 million in cleanup costs for arsenic-contaminated water, but a later study suggested the arsenic may have been geogenic in origin.[2]

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  1. ^ "Cow Island, Louisiana". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior.
  2. ^ Tulane study points to natural cause for arsenic-tainted water. The News-Star, October 15, 2019.

29°54′00″N 92°15′43″W / 29.900°N 92.262°W / 29.900; -92.262