Doggett seeks Environmental Justice

The EPA's 1982 solution to toxic chemical site in Mission, Texas was to put a one-inch asphalt cap on the contaminated soil. Of course the EPA's primary motivation was to protect the neighbors (who just coincidentally happen to be poor, Hispanic folks) and to save money by doing the clean-up on the cheap

Twenty-three years later, people are still getting cancer. Lloyd Doggett's persistence has finally gotten the EPA to agree to retest the site and remediate if necessary. Which it is.

I'm sure a one-inch is a completely responsible way to deal with toxic pollution. Or is it?

The original Love Canal families might have some suggestions.