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times beach contamination  

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  • 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]

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