More than 20 years ago, the EPA listed a NW Harris County shopping center as a 'superfund site' after county officials say a former dry cleaning business spent more than a decade improperly dumping toxic waste.
“You need to do whatever you can to not drink the water. It is such a risk to the community,” said Harris County Precinct 3 Commissioner Tom Ramsey.
“The EPA has detected these chemicals in the air, inside of homes, and in the water that they use for cooking, bathing, and brushing their teeth,” said Rachel Jordan with the Texas Health and Environment Alliance. They are calling on the EPA to take action now. They sent a letter to the EPA, urging them to provide immediate protection to at-risk properties to prevent further exposure while working on a long-term plan to clean up groundwater contamination.A business owner told KPRC 2 that this week, they’ve been out here almost every day.He’s owned a business in this strip center for the past seven years.
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