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In March of this year, a ruptured pipeline spewed more than 6,000 barrels of tar sands oil into a small Arkansas town called Mayflower.
Since then, Exxon and the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality have insisted that the town’s air and water are safe. But residents say they are showing symptoms of exposure to toxic chemicals – such as headaches, vomiting and nausea.
And last month, Dustin McDaniel, the state’s attorney general, said that samples show benzene, a carcinogen, is still present in the air and he has set up a hotline for residents to report any health issues
Moreover, this week, documents obtained by the environmental group, Greenpeace, show that Exxon downplayed the extent of the disaster.
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