I've also heard stories of malfunctioning air conditioning systems, trailers leaking during rains and noxious fumes from wallpaper making people sick... and the shocking fact is that nearly a year after the storm, more than a quarter of a million people are not back in their homes.

NPR: The Slow Pace of Recovery

The move comes 11 months after a tsunami in Japan wrecked the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant, leaking radioactive material into the air and sea.

BBC: Cameron and Sarkozy hail UK-French relationship

There have been documented cases of leaking gas ruining nearby well water, of air pollution and of problems from the waste the drilling generates.

WSJ: Celebrity 'fractivists': True advocates or NIMBYs?

The blast was caused by fuel leaking into a dry bay and igniting on contact with a hot air pipe.

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