On This Day February 23 1983 - The United States Environmental Protection Agency Announced Its Plan to Buy Times Beach Missouri

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On This Day: February 23 1983 The United States Environmental Protection Agency Announced Its Plan to Buy Times Beach Missouri.

On this day February 23 1983 the United States Environmental Protection Agency announced its plan to buy out and evacuate the entire community of Times Beach Missouri due to extreme dioxin contamination. This decision marked one of the most significant environmental disasters in American history leading to the permanent displacement of over 2000 residents.

The crisis in Times Beach began in the early 1970s when waste oil containing high levels of dioxin was sprayed on the town’s roads to...
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