Times Beach is a ghost town in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States, 17 mi southwest of St. Louis and 2 mi east of Eureka. Once home to more than two thousand people, the town was completely evacuated early in 1983 due to a dioxin contamination that made national headlines. It was the largest civilian exposure to dioxin in the country's history. In 1985, the State of Missouri officially dis-incorporated the city of Times Beach. The site of Times Beach now houses a 419 acre state park commemorating U.S. Route 66—the famous highway that stretched from Chicago, Illinois, to Los Angeles, California, and passed by the community—as well as the history of the Times Beach area. The park opened in 1999. In 2001, the EPA removed Times Beach from its Superfund list. The 1987 film Made in U.S.A. directed by Ken Friedman and starring Adrian Pasdar, Chris Penn and Lori Singer is partially referred to Times Beach....

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Shortcuts to chapters:
00:01:15: History
00:02:40: NEPACCO chemical waste disposal
00:05:32: First cases of contamination
00:08:02: CDC investigations
00:11:27: Involvement of the EPA
00:13:47: Double disaster
00:15:03: Buyout and cleanup efforts
00:16:52: Legal action and responsibility
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