Picher, Oklahoma: America's Most Poisoned Town Was Once the World's Largest Lead Mine — Now Population Zero

Picher once powered America's entire war machine. Then the mining left — and what remained was 100-foot mountains of toxic waste, ground that collapses beneath your feet, and blood lead levels 3× the danger threshold. Today: population zero.

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