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"A month after a sprawling oil and lubricant facility exploded and rained down slick black droplets all over this predominantly Black town in rural Louisiana, the trees are sick. Federal officials said there’s no threat to human health; however, independent tests recently revealed that inside the goop that coats yards, gardens, and doorsteps is a gallery of 29 chemicals and heavy metals."
Source: https://capitalbnews.org/roseland-oil-explosion-epa-response/
"Officials from the Environmental Protection Agency, which took over the cleanup process in August, advised residents to remove the black sticky residue themselves. The EPA did not test soil on local properties for contamination. A spokesperson told Capital B that testing was not warranted because they did not believe there was a heavy concentration of toxic chemicals.
But one month later, an independent tester found toxins, including lead, in soil samples as far as six miles from the blast."
(Mind you this was before Trump came into office.)
"The average Roseland resident makes $17,000 annually, and 53% of the town’s residents live in poverty.
Additionally, two-thirds of the town’s population is either under the age of 9 or over the age of 50. By comparison, less than half of Louisiana’s population falls in these categories. These two age groups, according to the EPA, are most at risk for negative health impacts because of pollution."
https://capitalbnews.org/roseland-oil-explosion-epa-response/
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