The 7 Most Toxic Places in the US (Do Not Go Here!)

There are some places on Earth that are downright toxic due to catastrophes caused by humans. From mining and manufacturing to leaving behind hazardous waste, here are 7 places that should be on your 'do-not-visit' list!
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[TheRumpletiltskin]

I don't understand why the companies that do this crap aren't forced into bankruptcy cleaning up THEIR mess. A small fine isn't gonna keep these companies from exploiting the system.

[southwestontario]

The Love Canal area in NY is STILL contaminated. It was not cleaned up completely, despite their claim that it was safe in 2004. To this day, the residents surrounding the area are having serious health problems. Only SOME of the material was removed and moved.
There are still serious chemicals like dioxin in the ground. The large main area remains fenced off.

[baddriversofcolga]

Anniston, AL had a huge contamination of PCBs from Monsanto when they were just dumping it into a creek for many years. It's amazing what these companies will try to get away with. And yet some people don't want them to be regulated at all...it's insane.

[Namastephie]

0:40 Love Canal
2:20 Reed-Kepler Park
3:20 Hart Senate Office Building
4:49 Blackburn and Union Privileges
5:40 Berkeley Pit
7:22 Hudson River
8:31 CTS of Asheville

[fakjbf]

Best part about Love Canal is that they sold the property to the local government for $1 and explicitly told them about the hazardous waste, warning them about the possible health risks and putting in the deed that they would not be held responsible for whatever the government did with the site. Fast forward 20+ years and they built a residential area over and around the site, and the local government wanted to sue Hooker Chemical Company because they did exactly what Hooker told them not to do. And somehow people use it as a cautionary tale about corporate greed, and not bureaucratic stupidity.

[RykanXP]

I was hoping Berkeley Pit would be on here. As a fellow Montana resident <flathead county> I was constantly told of this site through my school years. I'm constantly surprised that something so awful has been allow to fester like that, and it serves as a good reminder to be conscious of the things you do to the environment. This was a pretty neat episode.

[springranch]

"Hauled away to a landfill."

How many times was that said - - as if that was the end of things. Where are these landfills. How closely are they being monitored?

[NightcoreGirl]

I was expecting the Hanford nuclear mess in Washington to be on this list, its leaky tanks of nuclear stuff hasn't been fixed even though millions of dollars have gone towards fixing it.

[Ryukachoo]

for a long time i thought "superfund site" was "superfun site" and thought 'wow that's some dark comedy on a political scale'

[johndavis]

1) LOVE CANAL
2) REED-KEPPLER PARK
3) HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING
4) BLACKBURN AND UNION PRIVILEGES
5) BERKELEY PIT
6) HUDSON RIVER
7) CTS OF ASHEVILLE

[pbreedu]

You got to feel sorry for the teachers who want to talk about the Love Canal. Not only does it sound like an adult movie but add to the fact that it was polluted by the Hooker chemical company and any grade 6 class will be a huge challenge to keep from laughing.

[lexhdz]

this video should be called "7 times company greed exceeded common sense by a LOT"

[richardlong]

The toxic chemicals at Love Canal were never relocated, as you mention in this video. They were covered with a clay cap and surrounded with a chain link fence, and remain on site where they were a century ago. The chemicals have leaked into local swage pipes in recent years which are located well outside of the confined area. People continue to live in close proximity to the site believing that it is safe, but I guarantee they at putting themselves at a higher health risk compared to anyone else not raising their family nearby the area

[kenobi]

Anyone remember the Erin Brockovich movie from 2000? For years, the people of Hinkley, CA drank water contaminated by hexavalent chromium (Chromium-6), which causes cancer. And Hinkley isn't the only place with this kind of problem. It's still an ongoing cleanup site with the pollution plume reported to still be growing!! Reportedly, Hinkley has become something of a modern-day ghost town. California is my home state so this really P.O.s me, especially since I still have family out there, though not in that area specifically. And even earlier this year the SCGC was trying to downplay the effects of a major gas leak in L.A. Unbelievable. And they seem so surprised that people have stopped believing their so-called assurances concerning their health! Especially after Flint, which I notice didn't make the list. You could make a whole series about these places, easily. Money-grubbing a-holes. Makes me sick that people still get away with it over and over again all over the world. Wake up people!!!

[jacob_s]

Always breaks my heart to hear companies do things like this. I naively keep hoping people will one day learn from history that greed never pays off. Might make you a little money now, but it always costs more in the long run.

[theclockworksolution]

I'm surprised there was no mention of Picher, Oklahoma, which I'd always heard was the most toxic superfund place in the US.

Also no mention of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory site in California (neither of these places have been fully cleaned up), but mostly Picher. *Picher is a nightmare*.

[redtopaz]

The Love Canal Hole was contaminated by Hooker Chemicals... (I know it's a serious story. I can't help myself T_T...)

[AidanKedzierski]

This video makes me even more excited to become an environmental engineer.

[triciafleckenstein]

I grew up near Love Canal! It was crazy for sure. They rebuilt a school in too of the canal inspite of warnings!

[mhail]

I like how you guys made the whole United States in the thumbnail look like it’s just one toxic place