How Toxic Waste Created a Real Life Ghost Town in Missouri

Описание: In the early 1900s, there was a new and promising town in Missouri with a very bright future ahead of it. But by the end of the century, the area was completely abandoned, and left behind as a real life ghost town. And today, the town no longer even exists. How did this happen? Let’s find out…

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Story Sources:
1) "Times Beach, Missouri" Documentary - Bruce Lixey
2) US Environmental Protection Agency: "A Town, a Flood, and Superfund: Looking Back at the Times Beach Disaster Nearly 40 Years Later"
3) The Chicago Tribune: "A Town, a Flood, and Superfund: Looking Back at the Times Beach Disaster Nearly 40 Years Later"
4) The St. Louis Magazine: "Remember Times Beach: The Dioxin Disaster, 30 Years Later"

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