Nature, 1st prize
Vincent Leloup
01 January, 1990
A plant producing lamp-black, which is used to make rubber tires black, causes the town's pollution. Once an occupational hazard in the West, lead poisoning is a less obvious but major health hazard. People are regularly taken away to sanatoriums to recover from the effects of pollution.
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