Dumped in Berger

More than 13 millions pounds of hazardous powder were trucked from Yazoo City, Mississippi, to a warehouse in Berger, Missouri. The material sat there for five years before being cleaned up, in part, on the taxpayer's dime. An investigative series from The Beacon and KBIA take a look at how the waste was generated and why it ended up Dumped in Berger.

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How 13 million pounds of hazardous powder wound up in an abandoned Missouri warehouse

Harshawn Ratanpal, Ceilidh Kern

Sandblasting material used to strip paint was trucked 500 miles or more to a remote warehouse near the Missouri River.