A toxic dust-control mistake, a flood, and a full-town buyout: here’s what happened to Times Beach, Missouri, and why it was abandoned. #Missouri #Superfund #EnvironmentalDisaster
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Times Beach, Missouri, is a former town about 17 miles southwest of St. Louis that was abandoned after its roads and soils were contaminated with dioxin. The contamination came from waste oil sprayed on unpaved roads for dust control, and after the Meramec River flood in December 1982, federal and state officials concluded the town should be permanently relocated in…
