A Caribbean island bet its future on petrochemicals. Then oil rained down

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The stench permeated Dyline Thomas' St. Croix home for weeks, she said, upsetting her stomach, making her nose run and her throat sore.

source https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/29/us/epa-shutdown-limetree-st-croix-refinery/index.html

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