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America's 28 Most Polluted Places

As Gulf oil sludge inches toward the Florida coastline, The Daily Beast crunches the numbers and ranks the most contaminated sites in the nation.

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Greenpeace marine biologist Paul Horsman shows globs of oil on a jetti at the mouth of the Mississippi River on May 17, 2010. (John Moore / Getty Images)
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