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# Making Paint from Toxic Sludge
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/making-paint-from-toxic-sludge/
- Published: 2018-05-07T15:29:35.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:40:17.000Z
- Description: One artist encountered environmental pollution and decided to try and make paint from it. It worked.
- Author: Lauren Purje
- Tags: Comics, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-18 14:37 (2018)

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