{"id":261,"date":"2017-07-18T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T17:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yardeats.com\/blog\/?p=261"},"modified":"2017-07-18T17:31:00","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T17:31:00","slug":"california-farmland-water-poisoned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/yardeats.com\/blog\/?p=261","title":{"rendered":"California Farmland, Water Poisoned"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Studies, Lawsuits Claim Dow Chemical and Shell<\/h1>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Oil Dumped TCP On Farmlands<\/h1>\n<div class=\"container\">\n<header class=\"row_article article-header article_max\">\n<div class=\"article-hed\">\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; 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