Blasting paint off ships, storing oil and batteries, burning waste and dumping bilge left the ground polluted with dioxin, pesticides, metals, PCBs and other contaminants ??? some of which spilled into nearby Arundel Cove and Curtis Creek.lRelated LifestyleB'more Green blogSee all related8 This is a big one, because it is an industrial facility, said Rear Adm. Ronald J. Rabago, the Coast Gua