Poisoned Pavement: The Toxic Erasure of Times Beach Dioxin, Dust, and the Catastrophic Corporate Negligence That Condemned an Entire Missouri Town, 1983
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1 - 99 Jahr(e)
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13.06.2026
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Englisch
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9783565495801
Imagine discovering that the municipal trucks hired to spray oil on your town's unpaved roads to keep the summer dust down were actually spraying one of the most toxic, cancer-causing chemicals on the planet. This is the horrifying true story of Times Beach, Missouri, a town that was literally wiped off the map by corporate negligence.
In the early 1970s, to solve a severe dust problem, the town hired a local waste hauler to spray waste oil on the streets. Unbeknownst to the residents, the hauler had mixed the oil with highly concentrated, lethal dioxin sludge illegally acquired from a defunct chemical manufacturer. For years, children played in the toxic dirt. When the EPA finally discovered the catastrophic levels of contamination in 1982, exacerbated by a massive river flood that spread the poison into every home, the federal government was forced to completely evacuate and purchase the entire town, later incinerating every single building.
This harrowing environmental history exposes the lethal consequences of unregulated chemical disposal. It documents the tragic health impacts on the local population, the fierce political battles for compensation, and the event's role in shaping federal Superfund legislation.
Witness the death of an American suburb. The tragedy of Times Beach is a terrifying reminder of how easily unchecked corporate waste can permanently poison the very ground we walk on.
In the early 1970s, to solve a severe dust problem, the town hired a local waste hauler to spray waste oil on the streets. Unbeknownst to the residents, the hauler had mixed the oil with highly concentrated, lethal dioxin sludge illegally acquired from a defunct chemical manufacturer. For years, children played in the toxic dirt. When the EPA finally discovered the catastrophic levels of contamination in 1982, exacerbated by a massive river flood that spread the poison into every home, the federal government was forced to completely evacuate and purchase the entire town, later incinerating every single building.
This harrowing environmental history exposes the lethal consequences of unregulated chemical disposal. It documents the tragic health impacts on the local population, the fierce political battles for compensation, and the event's role in shaping federal Superfund legislation.
Witness the death of an American suburb. The tragedy of Times Beach is a terrifying reminder of how easily unchecked corporate waste can permanently poison the very ground we walk on.
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