美国一小镇遭污染变“毒镇” 仅剩唯一住户
<p><span word="Treece">Treece</span>, <span word="Kansas">Kansas</span>, <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="poisoned">poisoned</span> <span word="town">town</span>. <span word="Only">Only</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="house">house</span> <span word="remains">remains</span>. <span word="Tim">Tim</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Della">Della</span> <span word="Busby">Busby</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lone">lone</span> <span word="residents">residents</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="community">community</span> <span word="today">today</span>. <span word="And">And</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="say">say</span> <span word="they">they</span>'<span word="re">re</span> <span word="staying">staying</span> <span word="put">put</span>. <span word="Even">Even</span> <span word="if">if</span> <span word="it">it</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="toxic">toxic</span>, <span word="Treece">Treece</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="still">still</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="home">home</span>.</p><p><span word="This">This</span> <span word="tiny">tiny</span> <span word="community">community</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="southeast">southeast</span> <span word="Kansas">Kansas</span> <span word="used">used</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bustling">bustling</span> <span word="mining">mining</span> <span word="enclave">enclave</span> -- <span word="with">with</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="school">school</span>, <span word="hundreds">hundreds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="homes">homes</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="bars">bars</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="got">got</span> <span word="rowdy">rowdy</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="drunken">drunken</span> <span word="miners">miners</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="payday">payday</span>.</p><p><span word="But">But</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mines">mines</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="turned">turned</span> <span word="Treece">Treece</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="boomtown">boomtown</span> <span word="ultimately">ultimately</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="lifeless">lifeless</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="abandoned">abandoned</span>.</p><p><span word="It">It</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="toxic">toxic</span> <span word="ghost">ghost</span> <span word="town">town</span> <span word="now">now</span>. <span word="All">All</span> <span word="but">but</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="residents">residents</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="federal">federal</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="offered">offered</span> <span word="buyouts">buyouts</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> 138 <span word="people">people</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="stuck">stuck</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="mines">mines</span> <span word="shut">shut</span> <span word="down">down</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Kansas">Kansas</span> <span word="City">City</span> <span word="Star">Star</span> <span word="reports">reports</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="Environmental">Environmental</span> <span word="Protection">Protection</span> <span word="Agency">Agency</span> <span word="says">says</span> <span word="decades">decades</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="zinc">zinc</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="lead">lead</span> <span word="mining">mining</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="soil">soil</span>, <span word="water">water</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="air">air</span> <span word="contaminated">contaminated</span>.</p><p><span word="Massive">Massive</span> <span word="piles">piles</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="poisoned">poisoned</span> <span word="mining">mining</span> <span word="debris">debris</span>, <span word="called">called</span> <span word="chat">chat</span>, <span word="litter">litter</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="streets">streets</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="mines">mines</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="dug">dug</span> <span word="beneath">beneath</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="town">town</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="turning">turning</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="ground">ground</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="Swiss">Swiss</span> <span word="cheese">cheese</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="massive">massive</span> <span word="sink">sink</span> <span word="holes">holes</span> <span word="develop">develop</span> <span word="throughout">throughout</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="town">town</span> -- <span word="many">many</span> <span word="big">big</span> <span word="enough">enough</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="deep">deep</span> <span word="enough">enough</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="swallow">swallow</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="man">man</span> <span word="whole">whole</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> 2009, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="federal">federal</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="began">began</span> <span word="offering">offering</span> <span word="buy">buy</span>-<span word="outs">outs</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="residents">residents</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Treece">Treece</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="Congress">Congress</span> <span word="approved">approved</span> $3.5 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="vacate">vacate</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="town">town</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="turn">turn</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="Superfund">Superfund</span> <span word="site">site</span>.</p><p><span word="Treece">Treece</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="abandoned">abandoned</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="nearby">nearby</span> <span word="Picher">Picher</span>, <span word="Oklahoma">Oklahoma</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="sits">sits</span> <span word="just">just</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="state">state</span> <span word="line">line</span>, <span word="was">was</span> <span word="bought">bought</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="federal">federal</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="bought">bought</span> <span word="out">out</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="same">same</span> <span word="reason">reason</span> -- <span word="lead">lead</span> <span word="contamination">contamination</span> <span word="left">left</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="decades">decades</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="mining">mining</span>.</p>
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