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Walk This Way
A virtual walking tour of Columbia, Miss., with Charlotte Keys of Jesus People Against Pollution |
Mary Wiltenburg |
13 Feb 2006 |
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| Click image to take the tour. Photo by Mary Wiltenburg. In 1977, a factory in Columbia, Miss., that had been manufacturing Agent Orange was rocked by an explosion. The owner, Reichhold Chemical Inc., shuttered the facility and abandoned or buried thousands of barrels of toxic waste near the water supply of the pr ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, Mississippi, Poverty and the Environment, religion and spirituality, waste, water pollution (all these topics) |
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