Life After People - S02E02 Toxic Revenge

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In a life after people, toxic materials leak into the environment without human intervention: spent nuclear fuel rods spontaneously burst into flame, chlorine gas spills out of tanks and turns lakes into deadly acid, and in New York City underground methane gas originates from Grand Central Station and leaks into the adjacent MetLife Building, which eventually ignites an explosion. Cargo ships from the Great Lakes drift past the fallen International Railway Bridge and tumble over the edge of Niagara Falls. Raccoons use homes as a temporary paradise. The episode also features Picher, Oklahoma, a toxic former lead mining town which has been slowly abandoned over the course of the last 40 years.

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