Their community forged by industry, residents of Badin, North Carolina confront the long shadow of racism and pollution.

Hundreds of workers at a Tampa lead smelter have been exposed to dangerous levels of the neurotoxin. The consequences have been profound.

There’s a tale about a boy in Waycross. Near a canal, he struck a match, lit a piece of newspaper, and tossed it into the water. But when the burning paper touched the surface, it didn’t go out. The water burst into flames.

Thirty-four years after the Bhopal gas leak, the abandoned waste pits are spreading poison and still destroying lives.