"Timebomb from the tomb?" Iowa's cemeteries could contain 90 tons of arsenic according to director of Iowa waste reduction center.
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John Konefes says the 4,156 recorded cemeteries in the state could hold up to 90 tons of arsenic- a poisonous and carcinogenic element once used to embalm bodies.