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Word: sliming (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1980
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...dumps in New Jersey, as well as farms and woodlands that hide chemical waste sites: "Hazardous waste does not always look ugly. Quite often these dumps are neat rows of beautifully colored drums shining against a gorgeous, air-pollution sunset. We found too that some of the most photogenic slime was harmless. We had to get precise shots of the right slime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Sep. 22, 1980 | 9/22/1980 | See Source »

...polluting it with tiny fibers similar to asbestos, a carcinogen. Recalls Jon Luoma, head of public relations for the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency: "If the sun was right, or you were in an airplane, you could actually see the tailings moving southwest toward Duluth. It looked like a green slime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Tailings' End | 3/31/1980 | See Source »

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