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The Safe Side of the Fence

World War II's Manhattan Project required the refinement of massive amounts of uranium, and St. Louis-based Mallinckrodt Chemical Works took on the job.

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Chris J Tang

"So far, however, the idea of setting up a trust fund to allow the Haitian government to eradicate cholera by providing clean water and sanitation has been a deal-killer among international donors."

"'If we do get a final order that the UN's immunity doesn't apply, we would expect the UN to put in clean water and sanitation and compensate the victims,' Concannon says [....] That's the optimistic view."

"That kind of political morass is one big reason - though by no means the only one - why the billions in relief and recovery aid haven't been enough to rescue Haiti from the disasters that fate kept flinging its way."

Chicken Wire

This object will be used in the 'Writing Slow Disaster in the Anthropocene' workshop and is displayed in Drexel's Cabinet of Curiosities for the Anthropocene.

Poisoned Bees

This object will be used in the 'Writing Slow Disaster in the Anthropocene' workshop and is displayed in Drexel's Cabinet of Curiosities for the Anthropocene.

Seeds

This object will be used in the 'Writing Slow Disaster in the Anthropocene' workshop and is displayed in Drexel's Cabinet of Curiosities for the Anthropocene.

Bricks

This object will be used in the 'Writing Slow Disaster in the Anthropocene' workshop and is displayed in Drexel's Cabinet of Curiosities for the Anthropocene.

Light Bulb

This object will be used in the 'Writing Slow Disaster in the Anthropocene' workshop and is displayed in Drexel's Cabinet of Curiosities for the Anthropocene.

Latex Gloves

This object will be used in the 'Writing Slow Disaster in the Anthropocene' workshop and is displayed in Drexel's Cabinet of Curiosities for the Anthropocene.

Sea Glass

This object will be used in the 'Writing Slow Disaster in the Anthropocene' workshop and is displayed in Drexel's Cabinet of Curiosities for the Anthropocene.