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August 29, 2019

Business Crime

A Lawyer, 40 Dead Americans, and a Billion Gallons of Coal Sludge

In 2008, a federally owned power plant spewed coal sludge over 300 acres in Tennessee. Now, 40 people who helped clean up the mess are dead and 300 ill.

J.R. Sullivan Men's Journal Aug 2019 35min Permalink