The testing comes after residents voiced concerns for years over the concentration of cancer cases in the area.
Investigators with Union Pacific railroad and the EPA said they are testing for chemicals that may have caused contamination in the area.
The park is one of 300 sites across the Fifth Ward that investigators with the EPA and Union Pacific will be collecting soil samples from after years of cancer concerns for people in this area.Investigators with Union Pacific railroad and the EPA said they are testing for chemicals that may have caused contamination in the area after health officials identified a cancer cluster in the Fifth Ward.
“Union Pacific cares about the community and we know that the community deserves accurate information and the right answers and this activity is the largest sampling activity that that we are conducting in the neighborhood that’s offsite, it’s off of our property and the information that is being collected is going to be reviewed by USEPA and USEPA is going to inform the community of a lot of those answers to the questions that they have,” Kevin Peterburs, senior manager, Union Pacific, said.
Union Pacific said they are about halfway through this investigation and will be collecting samples from both parks and residential yards through September and results will be made available later in the fall.
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