Neighbors blame a nearby railyard for the cancer. The wood preservative creosote, a probable carcinogen, was used to treat railroad ties there for decades.
Neighbors blame a nearby railyard, where the wood preservative creosote, which the EPA labels a probable carcinogen, was used to treat railroad ties for decades until 1984.Now the EPA is working to figure out the extent of contamination.She lives across the street from the railyard and lost her father to cancer. Her home is in the testing zone.Crews sampled air under the ground surface, in shallow groundwater, sanitary sewers and storm sewers near the railyard.
“Transparency and ongoing communication with the public remain paramount as we follow the EPA-approved testing plan,” Toni Harrison, a spokesperson and community liaison for Union Pacific, said. “We will continue working closely with regulators and subject matter experts as we prepare to conduct the next, most extensive, phase of testing in the Fifth Ward to date.”
Edwards says more of her neighbors have been giving Union Pacific consent to test soil on their property.
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