Times Beach

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Times Beach: a village in Eastern Missouri where salvage oil containing over 30 mg/kg TCDD, was used to spray a horse arena and 23 miles of roadways as dust suppressant in 1971. Hundreds of birds and rodents died in the neighbourhood, as well as 48 of the 85 horses exercised in the arena. Three children and one adult developed chloracne. The source was ultimately traced to the distillation bottom sludges of a hexachlorophene manufacturer. The incident led to evacuation of the population and a buyout of the whole community by U.S. Federal Government.