CVNRA #705, from the Federal Lands series

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“On one particularly steamy day, after a warm rain, I visited one of the sites that contributes to the toxic state of the water at Brandywine Falls. This is a farmer’s field, and he has been paid by companies to allow them to plow up the field and bury what you see here, and MUCH more. Then, they put the soil back and assured the farmer it is safe to raise crops again, so he did. Ultimately the canisters of chemicals leak, leeching into the soil and eventually reaching the groundwater, and Brandywine Creek… It has been declared a Superfund site and is presently under clean-up and decontamination. When the clean-up is concluded, I am pleased to report Brandywine will finally be clear as well.” — Robert Ketchum