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> For some reason I'm extremely interested in toxic waste. Anyways bit of reference. Toxic waste is a real life monster that make for the best horror stories.

> For some reason I'm extremely interested in toxic waste. Anyways bit of reference. Toxic waste is a real life monster that make for the best horror stories. Fictional monsters as in creatures aint got shit on real life willful poisoning of entire communities causing the suffering and deaths of millions. And its all done intentionally because someone wants more money - greed. The real monsters take on a dual form - the head of the beast being the people responsible and the body being the invisible poisons carelessly tossed onto the earth. Makes lovecraft and others look like mickey mouse.

hnpolicestate 2y ago
I agree. Well said. For anyone interested, this is far and away the best book I've read on the subject of toxic waste. It became rare over the past 5 years. Used to be available on Open Library but I think they received a DMCA. Even the NYC public library only has one copy located at the main branch. Library wouldn't let me loan it out. https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Road_to_Love_Canal.html?id=OFhfAgAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Road_to_Love_Canal....
- MisterTea 2y ago
  I should also have mentioned that as a child this issue of Nat Geo truly scared me scared me more than any silly horror movie could: https://archive.org/details/edg-ng-1981/edg%20NG%201985-03%20167-3%20Mar/page/n41/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/edg-ng-1981/edg%20NG%201985-03%2...
- Bluestein 2y ago
  > It became rare over the past 5 years. This needs Torrent-seeded to death, in the public interest.-
namaria 2y ago
You know, I find hard to enjoy fiction because I have read so much history. The things that actually happened to real people, the things real people have done... they are just way more incredible and terrible than any one author is capable of dreaming up. The fact that they actually happened also gives them more heft...

hnpolicestate 2y ago

I agree. Well said. For anyone interested, this is far and away the best book I've read on the subject of toxic waste. It became rare over the past 5 years. Used to be available on Open Library but I think they received a DMCA. Even the NYC public library only has one copy located at the main branch. Library wouldn't let me loan it out. https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Road_to_Love_Canal.html?id=OFhfAgAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Road_to_Love_Canal....

MisterTea 2y ago
I should also have mentioned that as a child this issue of Nat Geo truly scared me scared me more than any silly horror movie could: https://archive.org/details/edg-ng-1981/edg%20NG%201985-03%20167-3%20Mar/page/n41/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/edg-ng-1981/edg%20NG%201985-03%2...
Bluestein 2y ago
> It became rare over the past 5 years. This needs Torrent-seeded to death, in the public interest.-

namaria 2y ago

You know, I find hard to enjoy fiction because I have read so much history. The things that actually happened to real people, the things real people have done... they are just way more incredible and terrible than any one author is capable of dreaming up. The fact that they actually happened also gives them more heft...