I grew up not far from Times Beach, MO, which no longer exists due to dioxin contamination. Wikipedia
Dixoin contamination will likely result in a generation-long evacuation.
TL;DR The owner of a small waste oil company was contracted to oil down dirt roads, and he used oil from a contaminated landfills (read: illegally dumped hazmat) on all the roads in town in 1972. The first news of possible contamination came from leaked EPA documents in 1982. The samples were taken the day before a historic flood (!) and came back with high concentration. Times Beach was disincorporated in 1985 and later became a site for an incinerator for other dioxin-contaminated materials.
Edit: Since then, there has been controversy about evidence of any adverse consequences from low-level dioxin exposure. See the same link.
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I grew up not far from Times Beach, MO, which no longer exists due to dioxin contamination. Wikipedia
Dixoin contamination will likely result in a generation-long evacuation.
TL;DR The owner of a small waste oil company was contracted to oil down dirt roads, and he used oil from a contaminated landfills (read: illegally dumped hazmat) on all the roads in town in 1972. The first news of possible contamination came from leaked EPA documents in 1982. The samples were taken the day before a historic flood (!) and came back with high concentration. Times Beach was disincorporated in 1985 and later became a site for an incinerator for other dioxin-contaminated materials.
Edit: Since then, there has been controversy about evidence of any adverse consequences from low-level dioxin exposure. See the same link.