![40 Years Ago, Missouri Town Learned It Had Been Living on Poison](http://townsquare.media/site/463/files/2023/02/attachment-times-beach-missouri-feature.jpg?w=980&q=75)
40 Years Ago, Missouri Town Learned It Had Been Living on Poison
This year marks the 40th anniversary of a sad story that many claim now has a happy ending. It didn't feel that way back in 1983 when residents in a Missouri town learned they had quite literally been living on poison.