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Onetime mining boomtown Picher, Okla., sits on one of the largest, most polluted Superfund sites in the country. The thousand or so residents who haven't yet abandoned the town are finally being driven out by the threat that mines under the city could collapse without warning. [link includes audio from all things considered]

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