A noninvasive approach to land art.by Emily PothastIn July of 1979, a breached dam at Church Rock, New Mexico, sent more than a thousand tons of radioactive waste tumbling into the Puerco River. Despite being the largest release of radioactive material in US history, the incident received almost no media coverage. Many residents who used the river for irrigation weren't even notified, and the governor denied local requests to declare Church Rock a federal disaster area.Nearly three decades later
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