EPA must keep Jones Road Superfund Site residents informed (Opinion)
“Americans will always do the right thing, only after they have tried everything else.”
Residents wonder if the EPA is focused on solutions or simply checking regulatory boxes. Andy Escobar from the Coalition for Environment, Equity and Resilience, grew up in the superfund site.
At Texas Health and Environment Alliance, we think the EPA’s process has left many residents in the dark and even lulled some into a false sense of security. Go to Jones Road and look for any indication that you are in a superfund site. Look hard and you may find the two small signs locatedThe full area potentially at risk is also unclear. As the water table shifts, so does the chemical plume. The EPA isn’t testing outside the original area, so we don’t know if other homes are impacted.
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