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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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