Moving Danger from NY to TX and everywhere in between. "GE
plans to ship 81 carloads in a mile long train every
4-5 days for six months beginning around July 1st."
For more information, contact:
Dr. Neil Carman, Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club, 512-288-5772.
This morning, the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced
that “the healing of the Hudson River begins
today.”
The Sierra Club responds that GE’s plan
to send dangerous PCB’s from the New York superfund
site to Texas means that ‘soon the poisoning
of the Ogallala Aquifer could begin.’
Dr. Neil Carman, a chemist with the Lone Star Chapter of
the Sierra Club said, “This is like a shell game, moving hazardous toxic PCBs from one sensitive location to another. The Waste Control Specialist dump site is already controversial because it is located over vulnerable aquifers. We are concerned about contamination of the Ogallala Aquifer and other aquifers in this dry region of Texas that needs to protect and conserve water for drinking and agricultural uses.”
“We are also concerned about both public health and environmental disasters along the train route. GE plans to ship 81 carloads in a mile long train every 4-5 days for six months beginning around July 1st. The train cars will have plastic covers that would do nothing to hold the toxic waste in the event of a derailment. These train cars should be properly capped with a steel cover that would contain and minimize any spill of PCB’s. Communities along the route must be informed and first responders warned so they can be prepared to handle a potential disaster.”
Dumping
in Dixie