16.05.2012

Giftigste US-Stadt von Landkarte getilgt

Picher, Oklahoma, ist eine Geisterstadt - und bald nicht mehr existent: Die durch Blei verseuchte Ortschaft verschwindet von der Karte.

von: Evelyn Peternel

EPAepa03132671 (20/20) A deserted road leading into the toxic town of Picher glows beneath a full moon in Picher, Oklahoma, USA, 06 February 2012. Thirty years after the Environmental Protection Agency declared Picher, Oklahoma the most hazardous Superfun

EPAepa03132670 (19/20) Smoke from a smoldering fire rises from a bulldozed homesite in the toxic town of Picher, Oklahoma, USA, 06 February 2012. Thirty years after the Environmental Protection Agency declared Picher, Oklahoma the most hazardous Superfund

EPAepa03132668 (17/20) Mountains of chat, or toxic mine tailings, in Picher, Oklahoma, USA, 06 February 2012. Thirty years after the Environmental Protection Agency declared Picher, Oklahoma the most hazardous Superfund site in America, the federal govern

EPAepa03132663 (12/20) The Picher Christian Church, on the verge of collapse, glows beneath a full moon in the toxic town of Picher, Oklahoma, USA, 06 February 2012. Thirty years after the Environmental Protection Agency declared Picher, Oklahoma the most

EPAepa03132664 (14/20) A recently-built neighborhood now sits completely abandoned in the toxic town of Picher, Oklahoma, USA, 06 February 2012. Thirty years after the Environmental Protection Agency declared Picher, Oklahoma the most hazardous Superfund

EPAepa03132659 (08/20) A bulldozed homesite in the toxic town of Picher, Oklahoma, USA, 06 February 2012. Thirty years after the Environmental Protection Agency declared Picher, Oklahoma the most hazardous Superfund site in America, the federal government

EPAepa03132658 (07/20) Mountains of chat, or toxic mine tailings, dwarf the remains of a mine site in the toxic town of Picher, Oklahoma, USA, 06 February 2012. Thirty years after the Environmental Protection Agency declared Picher, Oklahoma the most haza

EPAepa03132657 (06/20) A mountain of chat, or toxic mine tailings, rises above Harrell Park in the toxic town of Picher, Oklahoma, USA, 07 February 2012. Thirty years after the Environmental Protection Agency declared Picher, Oklahoma the most hazardous S

EPAepa01342468 A dog is trapped in tornado damage and was being rescued by local fire department in Picher, Oklahoma, USA, 12 May 2008 after a tornado destroyed most of the town on 10 May 2008. The storm that produced the tornado in Picher also produced t

EPAepa03132661 (10/20) A recently-built neighborhood now sits completely abandoned in the toxic town of Picher, Oklahoma, USA, 06 February 2012. Thirty years after the Environmental Protection Agency declared Picher, Oklahoma the most hazardous Superfund

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Giftigste US-Stadt von Landkarte getilgt

Picher, Oklahoma, ist eine Geisterstadt - und bald nicht mehr existent: Die durch Blei verseuchte Ortschaft verschwindet von der Karte.