Contamination Concerns Near Frisco Recycling Plant (Dallas, Arlington: 2013, rental, new house)

[RonnieinDallas]

Reports show contamination extends beyond borders of closed Exide plant in Frisco | Dallasnews.com - News for Dallas, Texas - The Dallas Morning News

This thing is the gift that keeps on giving...

[Sushi cake]

This should be taken care of but you have to give it to the buyers who bought there well knowing that its in their backyard. Some people would do any thing for new dry wall.

[BiGeek]

They were getting a new house and a deal. How could they say no, it was just a teeny tiny toxic plant.

[Rakin]

It's like North Arlington people who bought near the sewage treatment plant then complained about the smell.

[mom2gurls]

Is information like this publicly disclosed to buyers so they are aware of things like this? Are there websites that will show what is happening in specific towns, so future buyers (like myself) can look and see what may pop up in the future?

I understand if something is existing and you KNOW its there, you are taking a chance. As a future buyer, do you look for closed plants, chemical plants.....is well water and septic common in the DFW area.

Even though I like newer homes, I wouldn't knowingly put "sheetrock" over safety. But if these buyers or residents were misled, wonder if they will get any recourse.

As a side note..anything funky going on in allen? LOL

[VegasMan_72]

Originally Posted by mom2gurls

Is information like this publicly disclosed to buyers so they are aware of things like this? Are there websites that will show what is happening in specific towns, so future buyers (like myself) can look and see what may pop up in the future?

I understand if something is existing and you KNOW its there, you are taking a chance. As a future buyer, do you look for closed plants, chemical plants.....is well water and septic common in the DFW area.

Even though I like newer homes, I wouldn't knowingly put "sheetrock" over safety. But if these buyers or residents were misled, wonder if they will get any recourse.

As a side note..anything funky going on in allen? LOL

Here you go.


http://www.leadfreefrisco.com/wp-con...pLocations.pdf

[mom2gurls]

..thanks...we don't know where we are buying..going to find a rental for a year and figure out the area...thanks for the link.

[TX75007]

Since there is no hard data in the news article, it is just a puff piece.

No PPM readings in either soil or water. Nothing scientific quoted, just more hysterics from the scientific illiterates in DMN and some shadowy group.

And this:

The crew found the first piece of potential slag about 3,200 feet east of FM423. From there, sightings were mostly single battery chips or pieces of potential slag. Just east of 4th Army Memorial Road, the crew left the creek and cut through a neighborhood park behind Stewart Creek Estates. They found some battery chips there under the trees in plain view of homes and a playground.

Can be said about any industrial site. A piece here and a piece there. Pieces of plastic. A piece of metal.

I can find much worse on just about any farm in the area or behind any auto parts store.

And look at this. Now that the plant is closed, we will have lots more of these accidents as batteries are transported longer distances.

I-90 W Lanes Reopen After Battery Acid Spill | FOX8.com

I wonder what a FOIF request would show about collusion between the local EPA and local eco groups? Lets not forget how the EPA has falsified many, many lab reports on fracking. This is the Trayvon Martin tactic at work on a local industry that had a very good safety record and a very clean testing record.

It was the EPA that lowered the standards and Frisco who refused to give Exide the permit to retrofit to meet the standard. It was Exide that paid for extensive testing which found no issues.

And let's not forget that the regional EPA director was forced to resign recently.

[Bigger G]

Allen has sewage treatment plants near Custer & Bridgewater and another in Stacy area because they aren't part of North Texas Sewage District for some reason.