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This video tells the story of Times Beach, a town in Missouri that was contaminated by dioxin, a toxic chemical, in the 1970s. The dioxin came from a waste oil company that sprayed the town's dirt roads to control dust. The company had unknowingly mixed the oil with waste from a chemical facility that produced Agent Orange, a pesticide used in the Vietnam War. The contamination caused health problems and deaths for humans and animals in the town and nearby areas. The town was evacuated in 1982 after a major flood and was later bulldozed and incinerated by the government. The video explores the questions of who was responsible for the disaster and how it was handled by the authorities. The video is sponsored by Curiosity Stream, a streaming service that offers documentaries and nonfiction titles.
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1. Times Beach was a town in Missouri that was founded in 1925 by a newspaper as a resort town.
2. The town became poor and dusty, and hired Russell Bliss to spray oil on the dirt roads to control the dust.
3. Bliss used waste oil that was contaminated with dioxin, a highly toxic chemical that was produced by a chemical facility in Verona, Missouri.
4. The dioxin poisoning caused health problems and deaths for animals and humans in the town and other places where Bliss sprayed his oil.
5. The EPA discovered the contamination in 1982 and recommended that the town be abandoned and incinerated.
6. The federal government paid 33 million dollars to buy out the town's properties and relocated the residents by 1985.
7. The town was bulldozed and turned into a state park, which was reopened in 1999 after the cleanup was completed.
8. Russell Bliss denied any knowledge of the dioxin contamination and was never found guilty of any criminal behavior.
9. The EPA tested the soil in 2012 and found no significant health risks for park visitors or workers.