Comments on: Polluted Picher, Oklahoma Turned into a Ghost Town by Mining http://earthfirst.com/polluted-picher-oklahoma-turned-into-a-ghost-town-by-mining/ A Sharp Eye -- With a Green Edge Tue, 17 Nov 2009 13:33:14 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Roy http://earthfirst.com/polluted-picher-oklahoma-turned-into-a-ghost-town-by-mining/comment-page-1/#comment-719 Roy Tue, 13 May 2008 15:58:26 +0000 http://earthfirst.com/?p=820#comment-719 "they feel like they’re losing their heritage. " Yup. It's gone. Now... RUN FOR YOUR LIFE THERE ARE POISONOUS MOUNTAINS AND TORNADOES OF CARCINOGENS. Having grown up near a recovering super-fund site, I can relate, but when there's actively poison about, there's no quaint home-town feel that is keeping me there. No way. It sucks, but there's nothing you can do, and sticking around can only add physical harm to your mental harm. “they feel like they’re losing their heritage. ”

Yup. It’s gone. Now… RUN FOR YOUR LIFE THERE ARE POISONOUS MOUNTAINS AND TORNADOES OF CARCINOGENS.

Having grown up near a recovering super-fund site, I can relate, but when there’s actively poison about, there’s no quaint home-town feel that is keeping me there. No way. It sucks, but there’s nothing you can do, and sticking around can only add physical harm to your mental harm.

]]> By: Stephanie Rogers http://earthfirst.com/polluted-picher-oklahoma-turned-into-a-ghost-town-by-mining/comment-page-1/#comment-718 Stephanie Rogers Tue, 13 May 2008 15:56:12 +0000 http://earthfirst.com/?p=820#comment-718 Eep! Thanks for the update Eep! Thanks for the update

]]> By: crazy8s http://earthfirst.com/polluted-picher-oklahoma-turned-into-a-ghost-town-by-mining/comment-page-1/#comment-717 crazy8s Tue, 13 May 2008 15:43:36 +0000 http://earthfirst.com/?p=820#comment-717 On Saturday, tornadoes tore through Picher, a town that once was a world hub for lead and zinc mining. Hundred-foot-high mountains of gravel mine waste still tower around the town. The gravel, which locals call "chat," can be dangerous to humans because it contains traces of lead, which is a neurotoxin. The storms appear to have tossed the gravel around town. Read More @ http://tinyurl.com/5j2wom On Saturday, tornadoes tore through Picher, a town that once was a world hub for lead and zinc mining. Hundred-foot-high mountains of gravel mine waste still tower around the town. The gravel, which locals call “chat,” can be dangerous to humans because it contains traces of lead, which is a neurotoxin.
The storms appear to have tossed the gravel around town.
Read More @
http://tinyurl.com/5j2wom

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