Town Struggles Amid Toxic Crisis

The residents of the small town of Somerville, Texas are struggling with a public health crisis. An unusually high number of people are dealing with aggressive cancers, birth defects and other serious diseases and illnesses. The culprit, many residents contend, is the sprawling wood treatment facility in Somerville, which experts say is one of the industry’s worst polluter of toxins. To read more, click the highlighted title. http://news.dallasobserver.com/2007-12-06/news/american-toxic/