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FBN Reports On Barium Leaks Near Mo-City/Fresno Texas (Thousands may have been exposed and public officials kept a lid on it)

Published on 12/10/06 at 09:19:19 CST by MCCNewsUpdates

Opponents To Blue Ridge Landfill Expansion Pack TCEQ Hearing
by Bob Dunn, Dec., 2006, 10 56 am

About 175 people converged on Blue Ridge Elementary School to express their opposition Thursday before the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to the proposed expansion of Blue Ridge Landfill.

If anything, that opposition appeared to strengthen during a public hearing, as environmental attorney Richard Morrison revealed through questioning of landfill officials that increased levels of barium have been discovered at the facility.

At the start of Thursday night’s hearing, a man in the crowd stood up and asked for a show of hands of those for and against the proposed landfill expansion.

Only two people raised their hands in favor of the proposal.

The hearing was part of the TCEQ application process for Blue Ridge Landfill TX LP, a subsidiary of industry giant Allied Waste, which operates the landfill at 2200 F.M. 521, a mile north of Fresno in Fort Bend County.

The operators want to increase the landfill “waste footprint” from the current 302 acres to 784 acres, and increase the maximum height at which refuse can be piled, from the current 58 feet to 170 feet.

“Landfills are not easy to fight,” state Rep. Dora Olivo, D-Richmond, told the crowd. “It’s good to see so many of you here.” . . .

Links for more:

http://www.fortbendnow.com/news/2306/blue-ridge-neighbors-opposed-to-landfill-expansion-pack-tceq-hearing

http://missouricitychatter.blogspot.com/2006/12/chronicle-reports-on-blue-ridge.html

http://missouricitychatter.blogspot.com/2006/12/fox-news-coverage-on-tceq-hearing-ch.html

http://missouricitychatter.blogspot.com/2006/12/cbs-khou-ch-11-covers-brlf-expansion.html

http://www.lenntech.com/Periodic-chart-elements/Ba-en.htm (Barium info)

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Comment: Is Barium a real threat to our health, homes and safety here in the Sienna, South Hwy 6 area of Mo-City? Check the last link out for more on Bariums real threat to ground water!