About this episode

The episode discusses the environmental disaster in Times Beach, Missouri, which led to the largest civilian buyout in U.S. history due to dioxin contamination.

Times Beach, Missouri became the largest civilian environmental buyout in U.S. history. In 1983, the federal government ordered residents to leave after discovering dangerous dioxin contamination beneath their homes.

Topics covered

• environmental contamination
• civilian buyout
• government intervention
• toxic waste
• urban demolition

Keywords

• Times Beach
• Missouri
• dioxin
• environmental buyout
• contamination
• toxic waste
• government action

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: federal government

Products: dioxin

Places: Times Beach, Missouri

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