The site leaks chemicals that cause cancer, harm fetuses and damage the liver, kidneys, respiratory, immune and central nervous systems.
The EPA plans a public meeting Feb. 17 to discuss its plan to clean up the toxic Delfasco Forge property in Grand Prairie. The industrial site is leaking cancer-causing chemicals to dozens of homes.The Environmental Protection Agency will discuss its plan to clean up an industrial site leaking cancer-causing chemicals to dozens of Grand Prairie homes.
A public meeting is scheduled for Feb. 17. In addition to the EPA, the Texas Department of State Health Services will be on hand to answer questions., the 1.1-acre property was placed in 2018 on the Superfund National Priorities List, which includes some of the nation’s most polluted sites. Roughly 80 homes in the predominantly Latino neighborhood of Burbank Gardens are affected by the toxic chemicals. Yet a report last year byTests have shown that Trichloroethylene, or TCE, contaminated the soil, then seeped into the groundwater and vaporized into the air. Delfasco Forge, which made practice bombs for Navy and Air Force pilots and other machinery, used TCE to clean equipment.
The meeting is scheduled from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17 at the Tony Shotwell Life Center, 2750 Graham St. in Grand Prairie. Presentations will be in English and Spanish. The meeting also will be available via Zoom at
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