The World

Carbon Black

An Oklahoma Indian community is so contaminated with soot and other particulates from a nearby industrial plant that residents want to take regulating matters into their own hands.

Ever wonder what makes tires black? It’s fine pieces of black carbon. But producer Vicki Monks reports that Oklahomans who live near a plant that manufactures the product say they’ve been left unprotected and it may be time to give an Indian reservation control over environmental regulation.