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Tar Creek’s toxic legacy fuels broader Superfund battles
The Tar Creek region in Oklahoma and nearby Iowa faced long lasting pollution from lead and zinc mining. By 1979 acid drainage and water contamination prompted a major EPA clean up, state buyouts, and a costly Superfund effort. Nebulous funding, policy wrangles, and a tornado marked the town’s decline as Picher and Cardin dissolved.
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Quapaw
U.S. Department of the Interior
Miami- Commerce
Picher
Tri-State Mining Co
Tar Creek
Environmental Protection Agency
Health Department
EPA
Oklahoma
Brad Henry
U.S. Senate
White House
New Jersey
Cory Booker
House
Jim Inhofe
Iowa
United States
Electro-Coatings Inc
Cedar Rapids
NPL
Lynda Waddington
The
Gazette
Oklo
Carlin’s Hardware
Hoppy