53 Superfund pollution clean-up sites in Texas. Where do you live?

[RandomGuy]

Ok, this is depressing and unpleasant. I would much rather talk about, or for that matter look at, boobs.

BUT

Kinda important to know about. Sorry for being a Debbie Downer.

Texas Site Status Summaries
(click here for the link to read more if you are interested) (http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6sf/6sf-tx.htm)
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader, available as a free download, to view these files. See EPA's PDF page to learn more about PDF, and for a link to the free Acrobat Reader.
1) Air Force Plant #4 (General Dynamics) (PDF, 4 pp, 109K)
2) Alcoa/Lavaca Bay (PDF, 4 pp, 243K)
3) Bandera Road Groundwater Plume (http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6sf/pdffiles/0606565.pdf)(PDF, 5 pp, 653K)
4) Bailey Waste Disposal (PDF, 5 pp, 422K)
5) Bio-Ecology Systems, Inc. (PDF, 3 pp, 61K)
6) Brine Service Company (PDF, 5 pp, 71K)
7) Brio Refining, Inc. (PDF, 2 pp, 75K)
8) City of Perryton Water Well #2 (PDF, 3 pp, 95K)
9) Conroe Creosote (PDF, 3 pp, 202K)
10) Crystal Chemical Co. (PDF, 5 pp, 99K)
11) Crystal City Airport (PDF, 4 pp, 82K)
12) Dixie Oil Processors, Inc. (PDF, 2 pp, 75K)
13) East 67th Street Ground Water Plume (PDF, 2 pp, 186K)
14) Falcon Refinery (PDF, 5 pp, 248K)
15) French, Ltd. (PDF, 5 pp, 93K)
16) Garland Creosoting (PDF, 4 pp, 69K)
17) Geneva Industries/Fuhrmann Energy (PDF, 3 pp, 120K)
18) Gulfco Marine Maintenance (PDF, 3 pp, 75K)
19) Hart Creosoting Company (PDF, 6 pp, 131K)
20) Highlands Acid Pit (PDF, 5 pp, 110K)
21) Jasper Creosoting Company (PDF, 6 pp, 434K)
22) Jones Road Ground Water Plume (PDF, 3 pp, 279K)
23) Koppers Co., Inc. (Texarkana Plant) (PDF, 6 pp, 64K)
24) Lone Star Army Ammunition Plant (PDF, 4 pp, 20K)
25) Longhorn Army Ammunition Plant (PDF, 6 pp, 131K)
26) Malone Services Company (PDF, 5 pp, 91K)
27) Many Diversified Interests, Inc. (PDF, 10 pp, 230K)
28) Midessa Ground Water Plume (PDF, 4 pp, 324K) (new)
29) MOTCO, Inc. (PDF, 4 pp, 158K)
30) North Cavalcade Street (PDF, 7 pp, 133K)
31) Odessa Chromium #1 (PDF, 4 pp, 55K)
32) Odessa Chromium #2 (PDF, 4 pp, 48K)
33) Palmer Barge Line (PDF, 3 pp, 89K)
34) Pantex Plant (USDOE) (PDF, 4 pp, 42K)
35) Patrick Bayou (PDF, 3 pp, 73K)
36) Pesses Chemical Co. (PDF, 3 pp, 65K)
37) Petro-Chemical Systems, Inc. (Turtle Bayou) (PDF, 7 pp 89K)
38) RSR Corp. (Murph Metals) (PDF, 3 pp, 89K)
39) Rockwool Industries, Inc. (PDF, 5 pp, 115K)
40) Sandy Beach Road (PDF, 2 pp, 98K)
41) Sheridan Disposal Services (PDF, 3 pp, 158K)
42) Sikes Disposal Pits (PDF, 4 pp, 184K)
43) Sol Lynn/Industrial Transformers (PDF, 3 pp, 200K)
44) South Cavalcade Street (PDF, 5 pp, 471K)
45) Sprague Road (PDF, 3 pp, 221K)
46) Star Lake Canal (PDF, 4 pp, 229K)
47) State Marine of Port Arthur (PDF, 3 pp, 80K)
48) State Road 114 Ground Water Plume (PDF, 3 pp, 238K)
49) Stewco, Inc. (PDF, 3 pp, 77K)
50) Tex-Tin Corporation (PDF, 3 pp, 72K)
51) Texarkana Wood Preserving Co. (PDF, 5 pp, 74K)
52) Triangle Chemical Co. (PDF, 3 pp, 157K)
53) United Creosoting Co. (PDF, 3 pp, 228K)

Here is a link to the two proposed Bexar county sites. (http://www.epa.gov/superfund/sites/npl/tx.htm#BEXAR) The first one, #3 on the above list was accepted (click on the link in #3), and as of today, the second site hasn't been approved for inclusion.

[Debbie Downer]

Thanks for nothing.

[JoeChalupa]

Wow.

[RandomGuy]

Wow.

Remember, these are just the sites that are bad enough to get Federal attention/funding, and that we know about.

Note to self:

Don't drink well water in the Houston area.

[Don Quixote]

A fiscal conservative in the Democratic Party! You're fighting an uphill battle, my friend. Not that my party has been much better these days.

But keep up the good work. And I'll drink bottled next time I'm near Houston.

[spurs_fan_in_exile]

Remember, these are just the sites that are bad enough to get Federal attention/funding, and that we know about.

Note to self:

Don't drink well water in the Houston area.
Hey now, I've drank Houston water for years with no ill effects. This tail that I've grown has improved my balanced and made me a much stronger swimmer.

[tlongII]

At least they'll get cleaned up now!

[RandomGuy]

Hey now, I've drank Houston water for years with no ill effects. This tail that I've grown has improved my balanced and made me a much stronger swimmer.


Municipal water supplies in the last 30 years or so are probably pretty safe.

BUT

I have a friend who is about 40 or so now, and grew up near Houston (aka refinery-ville) and he has epilepsy. Not remarkable in and of itself, but so did an alarming number of his high-school classmates.

Along with that are the unusually high number of people in his home town who have died, or are currently dying from, brain tumors.