HIGHLANDS, Texas (FOX 26) - A
raging river first hammered and then enveloped a toxic dump containing
17,000 truckloads of Dioxin waste. Drone video of the Superfund site
confirms extensive damage to exposed areas of the so called "protective
cap."
"What we don't see really worries us," said Scott Jones of the Galveston Bay Foundation.
Activist
Jackie Young leads the Texas Health and Environment Alliance and fears
the sheer force of massive floodwaters swept cancer causing Dioxin out
of the dump and into the river which feeds directly into Galveston Bay.
"That is one of the areas along the river that has the highest flow
rates. Higher velocity equals higher erosive force. This is no place for
toxic waste," said Young.
"How
many more storms are we going to have in 750 years? How many more
storms are we going to have this year or next year?" asked Jones.
Residents
nearby have long blamed the dump for alarmingly high rates of rare
cancer and fear these latest devastating floodwaters have again doused
their water-logged homes with escaped Dioxins.
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