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Aug. 03, 2012
Spending the Holidays at a Toxic Waste Site
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To avoid the crowds at Niagara Falls, why not sail the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, or ogle oil refineries in Port Arthur, Texas? In Visit Sunny Chernobyl: And Other Adventures In The World’s Most Polluted Places, Andrew Blackwell describes traveling to the world’s most contaminated destinations.
In the SciFri Snack: Ever wanted to see the most polluted places on earth? Andrew Blackwell, author of “Visit Sunny Chernobyl,” loves pollution tourism, and in this quick clip, he tells us that Chernobyl is a great place to start your adventures.
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Andrew Blackwell
Author, “Visit Sunny Chernobyl: And Other Adventures In The World’s Most Polluted Places” (Rodale, 2012)
New York, New York
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