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The Town of Silent Poison (Documentary) - How Picher, OK Became the Most Toxic Town in America

The now defunct town of Picher, Oklahoma was once considered the most toxic place in the United States. Decades of lead and zinc mining scarred the landscape, with scattered 200-foot-tall mountains of waste sitting on top of severely undermined land and highly acidic water flowing through and out. The decline of mining activities and subsequent abandonment of mine shafts and waste resulted in widespread toxic metal and sulfuric acid contamination over decades - an active contamination that continues to this day. At the time of its placement on the EPA’s National Priority List and its designation as a superfund site in 1983, it was considered the worst active environmental disaster in the United States. Despite this distinction, the EPA dragged their feet on cleanup for decades, turning a blind eye wherever convenient, all while barring the Quapaw landowners from participating and contributing to cleanup efforts. The massive piles of mining waste, otherwise known mine tailings, or “chat,” contain dangerous concentrations of lead, zinc, and cadmium. And the effects of these toxic metals would become tragically apparent due to a growing number of health problems in children living in and around the waste. This documentary tells the story of how a small town in northeast Oklahoma became the most toxic town in America, what effects that toxicity has had on residents, the decades of ongoing and fragmented cleanup efforts, and what the future holds for the Tar Creek Superfund site. ▬▬CONTENTS▬▬ 0:00 - The Intro 2:55 - The Quapaws 5:57 - The Boom 8:23 - The Town 10:09 - The Bust 12:05 - The Contamination 15:13 - The EPA 18:12 - The Silent Poison 22:19 - The Buyouts 27:26 - The Danger 31:11 - The Disaster 33:31 - The Hope ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ Camera: Will Reich Drone Footage: Caleb Owens:    / @calebowens8955   Drone Dude:    / @dronedude808   Summer King:    • Superfund Remediation at Tar Creek   Photos: Picher, Oklahoma: Catastrophe, Memory, and Trauma - Todd Stewart, Alison Fields Lee McGrath - Parc Mine: https://www.leemcgrathphotography.co.... Quapaw Tribal Museum ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ If you would like to contribute to more documentaries like these, check out the Patreon here:   / keepcuriousco   If you want to find me on those other sites, here they are: TikTok:   / keepcuriousco   IG:   / keepcuriousco