Environment - Picher, Oklahoma

[RKP5637]

Run time: 01:43 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byxVwec_IaI   Posted on YouTube: June 29, 2009 By YouTube Member: jvetter02 Views on YouTube: 3388   Posted on DU: September 20, 2010 By DU Member: RKP5637 Views on DU: 324

 
Just one of many...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nV0EKE9nGgA&NR=1

"Picher is a ghost town and former city in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States. It was formerly a center of lead and zinc mining. The population was 1,640 at the 2000 census. Discoveries of ground contamination and the possibility of a cave-in of mines under the city have prompted all of its population to evacuate, and the nearby town of Cardin is following suit. The city is within the boundaries of the Tar Creek Superfund site."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picher,_Oklahoma

[Ian David]

1. It's a Libertarian Paradise!

See also:

9 of the Most Polluted Places in the World
Topic started by Stuart G on Aug-31-10 05:56 PM (3 replies)
Last modified by Stuart G on Sep-01-10 08:38 AM
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=557074

Welcome to Armageddon, USA: A Tour of America’s Most Toxic Town
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/08/ff_madmaxtown

[RKP5637]

2. And for many it's out of sight, out of mind 'cause they live someplace else and

don't know and/or don't care. And as usual, MSM has its priorities all F'ed up other than what gives them the most corp. profit. And as you say, it's a Libertarians' Paradise!