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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Isabel Keane

Quiet Oklahoma town begs for help as mysterious black dust blankets neighborhoods

Residents of a small Oklahoma town are begging for help as a mysterious black dust coats their homes, cars, yards, playgrounds and entire neighborhoods.

Locals in Ponca City, a small town about 106 miles north of Oklahoma City, are concerned about potential health risks or pollution that may come with the fine black substance, which many believe is carbon black — a fine powder mainly used to make tires.

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