Picher's buyout came first -- it was a historic event, the government giving people cash to leave the town they'd lived on their lives.
However, the EPA tried to save Treece. Only one child out of 16 in the town tested positive for having dangerously high levels of lead.
But the damage in Treece was already done, the residents no longer believed it was safe to live there.
After Picher was abandoned, the town government in Treece also asked for a buy-out.
When it finally came, the EPA offered residents about $40,000 each for their homes. By 2010, 63 out of 64 homeowners sold out and their houses were torn down.
美国堪萨斯州的特莱塞镇因受到污染已沦为“毒镇”。现在镇上仅有唯一的一家住户,只剩下蒂姆和妻子德拉-巴斯比。他们依然拒绝离开。因为即使那里变成毒镇,却依然还是他们的家园。
位于美国堪萨斯州东南部的特莱塞曾是一个非常繁荣的矿业小镇,那里曾有学校、数百户居民以及发薪日挤满醉酒矿工的喧闹酒吧。
但曾经把特莱塞变为新兴小镇的矿业最终也使它成为毫无生气的被荒废小镇。
如今这里已经沦为“毒镇”。根据《堪萨斯城星报》的报道,在矿山关闭后,政府向仍然居住在该地的138名居民提供资助,人们陆续搬走,仅剩蒂姆夫妇。
美国环保署称,数十年的锌和铅矿开采已经污染了当地的土地、水源以及空气。
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