Toxic Waste

Most of the bullets made for WWI and II came out of the ground under Picher, Oklahoma. The minerals ran out in 1970, and the OK government bought out residents of the city to get them to leave. A handful of people stayed.

Coal ash retention ponds are so numerous and so toxic that they are now considered to be a potential threat to national security.

The city of Los Angeles forms a task force of prosecutors, police, and others to combat illegal disposal of trash all over town.

Oshawa, Ontario residents have noticed a suspicious substance leaking into their community. Development next to the former landfill almost didn't happen because city planners worried about this very possibility.