Environmental dangers a possibility after Joplin tornado

Tuesday, May 31, 2011 | 10:56 a.m. CDT; updated 11:03 a.m. CDT, Thursday, June 16, 2011

JOPLIN — As residents confront a gigantic cleanup following the tornado that ravaged Joplin, experts say environmental dangers could lurk amid the mountains of debris in the southwestern Missouri city and even in the water and air.

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