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What To Do With Used Sandbags?
June 29, 2008 | MSNBC

Used sandbags stink. They have been in contact with sewage, farm runoff and many other contaminants. They have been wet and a substrate for molds and other nasty growths. What can be done with them? Midwest cities now face this huge disposal problem.


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