Chapter 1193 The Polluted Town

Nitrobenzene is a common chemical raw material, which is flammable and explosive. It is also a precursor material for many explosives. For example, the scientific name of the famous TNT is "trinitrotoluene".

Sodium chlorate is a herbicide, which is also flammable and explosive. It is better to add some phosphorus, sulfur and the like.

"Wyatt works in an agricultural supply store. He must have obtained sodium chlorate in the name of herbicide. You can go there to ask about the situation.

As for the coal power company, what kind of person is Griffin?"

Jubal felt a headache. The combination of thermal power plant and explosives is almost equivalent to a terrorist attack.

Alice read the information she had just sorted out, "Larry Griffin, but he sold his shares in the coal power company two years ago and now lives in Pelham, a suburb of Birmingham."

"Should we notify the power plant to strengthen its vigilance?" Aubrey asked.

"Notify the state police to strengthen patrols and check suspicious vehicles on the road leading to the power plant." Although Jack said so, he didn't think the Hammond brothers were going to the power plant.

Especially Greg Hammond, who doesn't look like a brainless country redneck. The two murders before him are more like revenge with a clear goal.

It's just that this case makes him a little unmotivated.

Before he crossed over, Seris was doing a lot of environmental protection work. Although there were inevitably problems such as taking advantage of the issue, bureaucratic inaction and even local protectionism, it is undeniable that it did have a great effect, including state-owned thermal power plants in various places.

Unlike the environmental protection requirements of European and American countries that remain on PPT and slogans, Seris's thermal power plants implement the most stringent emission standards in the world.

The tall chimneys now no longer emit billowing black smoke, but light water vapor that is almost invisible to the naked eye, and all wastewater and solid waste are 100% recycled and reused.

For example, the fly ash mentioned by Greg's wife refers to the fine particles obtained after the smoke produced by coal-fired power plants grinding coal into coal powder below 100 microns and burning it is captured by the dust collector.

Every ton of standard coal burned will produce about 0.138 tons of fly ash, which contains a large amount of pollutants, such as heavy metals such as mercury and lead, as well as harmful substances such as sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides.

If it is directly discharged into the atmosphere, detection is relatively easy, but if it is collected and then piled up and buried, it seems to be quite environmentally friendly, but it will cause serious salinization and heavy metal pollution of the land.

The usual treatment method is to recycle and reuse fly ash, extract valuable heavy metals and rare earth elements from it, and make the remaining part into cement, gray bricks and other building materials.

Therefore, for Seres, who is busy repairing the earth every day, fly ash is a very good building material, which can be used for building roads, bridges and dams.

For private thermal power plants in the United States, burying it in a deserted place is the lowest cost treatment method.

This treatment method does not show any problems in the short term. As long as it is buried deep enough, it will not even be noticed.

But after waiting for ten or twenty years, when rain corrodes the iron barrels and the heavy metals in the fly ash gradually seep into the groundwater, the pollution will continue to play a role in units of hundreds of years.

"What a disgusting behavior." Clay said after checking the information.

Jack sneered, "Now you know why the fish and crabs in the Hudson River and the bays around New York can't be eaten?"

From 1947 to 1977, General Electric dumped an unquantifiable amount of industrial waste into the Hudson River, including a large amount of polychlorinated biphenyls and heavy metals such as mercury and cadmium from the insulating liquid in the transformer.

Its effect is similar to that of landfilling fly ash. A large amount of carcinogenic polychlorinated biphenyls and heavy metal elements are still left in the riverbed sediments of the Hudson River and its tributaries. Under the seemingly clear river water is actually silt containing various carcinogens.

They are now in the town of Blue Springs, less than 10 miles away from Cleo. Soon, the Hammond brothers will put more than 200 tablets they stole at the door of the town's elementary school.

This place is also dilapidated, but compared with other towns that the FBI has seen along the way, it is slightly more popular. At least there are still a few shops in the town.

The two found the agricultural supplies store where Wyatt worked. The owner was a brown-haired white lady in her early forties. She looked very unhealthy, but she was still busy carrying fertilizers at the door.

After explaining the purpose of the visit, Jack asked directly, "Ms. Barron, can Wyatt get access to the two chemicals I mentioned through your procurement channels?"

"Of course, I can only afford to hire him as a helper now. Fortunately, there is not much work."

The female owner's tone was a bit unkind. Jack knew that the business here was not very good just by looking at the old store.

"Do you really think he can make bombs? Wyatt and his brother Greg are the most honest men I have ever seen in the local area. They don't smoke leaves, don't drink, and don't beat their wives."

Angry honest people are the most terrifying, Jack silently complained in his heart.

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"The current evidence shows that this is possible. We know that the surrounding areas are very angry about Griffin Coal and Electricity. Do you think Wyatt has talked to others about his desire for revenge?"

"I didn't say that, but it's not surprising." The female shop owner put down the fertilizer bag in her hand and leaned against the pillar next to her, breathing slightly.

Seeing the two FBI staring at her, she continued to explain, "I mean, I know he lost his niece and parents, and it's normal to be angry, but who here is not like this? Everyone in the town is angry."

"How serious is the fly ash pollution here?" Clay asked. They saw all the beautiful scenery of green mountains and green waters along the way, which made him a little confused.

The female shop owner named Barron obviously saw this, "They not only secretly buried fly ash on the land near the water source, but also shut down the filter device in the name of maintenance from time to time and discharged it into the air.

This situation has lasted for nearly 20 years. If the power plant hadn't gone bankrupt, you would still be able to smell the smell of hell now."

She waved her hand to signal the two to follow her, and then walked to the side of the store by herself. There was a large wooden board nailed to the wall here, and various styles of old hats and plush toys were hung on it.

The female shop owner picked up one of the caps with a cow head logo and the words "Hackett Barron Farm" sewn on it, and her eyes were filled with nostalgia.

"My father used to have a farm nearby, but later all the cows died. He hung his hat here and died of illness six months later."