concepts
type: Collection
type: ConceptGroup
member: times beach contamination

pollution
type: Concept
narrower: times beach contamination

times beach contamination
type: Concept
broader: pollution
definition: On the Meramec River in Missouri, Times Beach was primarily a small resort community with a population just over 1,000 citizens. Sadly, it became emblematic of the discovery of the hazardous waste problem characterizing the 1980s and, as such, was rendered a “ghost town” in the early part of the decade due to contamination by dioxin, a cancer-producing chemical. [Source: Encyclopedia of White-Collar and Corporate Crime; Times Beach Contamination]