Times Beach, Missouri Timeline of Events

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Times Beach, Missouri

Times Beach, Missouri was a small town of 2,240 residents in St. Louis County, Missouri, 17 miles southwest of St. Louis and 2 mi east of Eureka, Missouri. The town was completely evacuated early in 1983 due to a dioxin scare that made national headlines...

Timeline of Events

1982

12.3.1982

A soil sample is taken from Times Beach, Missouri that will be found to contain 300 times the safe level of dioxin.

12.23.1982

The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces it has identified dangerous levels of dioxin in the soil of Times Beach, Missouri.

1983

2.23.1983

The United States Environmental Protection Agency announces its intent to buy out and evacuate the dioxin-contaminated community of Times Beach, Missouri.