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demure · 3244 days ago

nytimes.com · #goodlongread · #environment · #sadsadsadness

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_refugee_ · 3244 days ago · link ·

I live in DuPont's backyard, basically.

This is like a fucking modern day Love Canal, dear god, it's horrific. (For cattle at least. Who knows what it does to humans?) ((Edit 2: Wait for the end. It's like a fucking modern day Love Canal.))

No wonder Delaware is #1 for CANCER.

  OK - that last one is probably speculative. ((Edit 2: Less speculative. Yay!))

(((Edit 3: FUCK

Wilmington, Del.

)))

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