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by Spooky23 857 days ago
Near my hometown, an army train depot closed in the 60s. I imagine some sergeant tasked with making shit go away just dumped barrels of TCE and burned various materials in pits.

Today, a plume is contaminating groundwater at quite a distance.

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I think all railroad maintenance facilities have similar groundwater problems.
When I think of Hunters Point I think of Gommer Pyle pouring a bucket of expired radium paint into a hole dug in the base commanders flower garden.