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Children play in yard of Ruston, Washington home, while Tacoma Smelter stack showers area with arsenic and lead residue: photo by Gene Daniels, August 1972
It's hard to tell the clouds
from the smoke
without a truth
filter
To shelter
in place
down
wind of the smelter
might once have worked
but there are no longer
places to hide
from the smoke
without a truth
filter
To shelter
in place
down
wind of the smelter
might once have worked
but there are no longer
places to hide
The Atlas Chemical Company belches smoke across pasture land in foreground, Marshall, Texas. The plant Is referred to as "Old Darky" in the community because black soot from the plant covers everything near-by. One farmer claims he lost several cows due to soot and chemicals from Atlas: photo by Marc St. Gil, June 1972
Chemical plants, New Orleans: photo by Marc St. Gil, c. 19733
Burning discarded automobile batteries, Houston, Texas: photo by Marc St. Gil, August 1972