Testing indicates massive amounts of dioxins — linked to birth defects and cancer — from Superfund sites have been found downstream of the flooding. Pity that Trump has proposed cutting the Superfund budget by a third.
Oh, well, it’s Texas. I’m sure they all appreciate the liberty that comes from a deregulated society.
EPA says dioxins might have washed downriver during Harvey
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Environmental Protection Agency says an unknown amount of a dangerous chemical linked to birth defects and cancer may have washed downriver from a Houston-area Superfund site during the flooding from Hurricane Harvey.
EPA said Thursday night it has ordered the companies responsible for the San Jacinto River Waste Pits site to immediately address damage to a protective cap of fabric and rock intended to keep sediments highly …
This is precisely what sucks about the Republican view of the future: the rich people won't suffer from this because they have clean water supplies. The poor bear the burden.
Duh and PCBS and hundreds of volitile chemical mixtures.
Heavy metals, petrochemicals runoff from corporate farming and thousands of tons of mixed waste.
The bayous and the gulf as well as much of the low lying areas in and around the whole landing zone of Harvey will be a toxic wasteland. I'll take bets on how soon people will be housed in those areas.
+John Bump Actually, the scope of this disaster might very well impact the more wealthy downstream. Whether that will make any difference in political response is another question, but, unlike any toxic waste debates, this isn't solely about poor / minority people living on the outskirts of a dump.
I hope you're right: then something might actually get done about it.