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https://archive.fo/MJIO0 :

The Environmental Scandal in Scott Pruitt’s Backyard - POLITICO Magazine

'Since 2012, the tribe—a sovereign nation with roughly 5,500 members—has been the primary EPA contractor for environmental remediation at Tar Creek. '

'Half-acre by half-acre, the hope is that Tar Creek can be put into productive agricultural use decades from now. '

'In 2000, the FBI raided the offices of the EPA’s prime contractor at Tar Creek, Morrison-Knudsen. '

'Almost every aspect of life in Tar Creek traced back to the mines. '

'For the families left behind—including that of Yankees slugger Mickey Mantle, who grew up in the Tar Creek area in the 1940s—it was a slowly unfolding disaster. '

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