Who was held accountable for the hazardous powder left near the town of Berger, Missouri?
Superfund
Dumped in Berger
More than 13 millions pounds of hazardous powder were trucked from Yazoo City, Mississippi, to a warehouse near Berger, Missouri. The material sat there for five years before being cleaned up, in part, on the taxpayer’s dime. An investigative series from The Beacon and KBIA takes a look how the waste was created and why […]
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‘Nobody here knew’: Dozens were exposed to hazardous material in Missouri warehouse before EPA cleanup
Children, homeless people and even city officials entered the building unaware they were inhaling toxic dust.
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How 13 million pounds of hazardous powder wound up in an abandoned Missouri warehouse
Sandblasting material used to strip paint was trucked 500 miles or more to a remote warehouse near the Missouri River.