Mission residents to face Hayes-Sammons plant in court
http://www.themonitor.com/articles/plant-31678-sammons-hayes.html
"Over time, Ramiro Barrera and the others who grew up in the shadow of the Hayes-Sammons Chemical Co. have had to master the art of persuasion. They convinced a federal judge in 1983 to order the cleanup of the pesticide mixing plant that once stood at the center of their downtown Mission neighborhood, nearly a quarter-century after it began spewing remnants of undiluted, industrial-grade toxins over their community. In 2006, they coaxed a U.S. congressman into re-examining the poison in their backyards, only to discover the contamination was far worse than originally understood and still causing cases of heart, lung and liver disease as well as cancer, chronic migraines and miscarriages. And they induced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to devote $6 million to tear down the old plant and remove acres of toxic soil from the area — a process that was only just completed."
http://www.themonitor.com/articles/plant-31678-sammons-hayes.html
"Over time, Ramiro Barrera and the others who grew up in the shadow of the Hayes-Sammons Chemical Co. have had to master the art of persuasion. They convinced a federal judge in 1983 to order the cleanup of the pesticide mixing plant that once stood at the center of their downtown Mission neighborhood, nearly a quarter-century after it began spewing remnants of undiluted, industrial-grade toxins over their community. In 2006, they coaxed a U.S. congressman into re-examining the poison in their backyards, only to discover the contamination was far worse than originally understood and still causing cases of heart, lung and liver disease as well as cancer, chronic migraines and miscarriages. And they induced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to devote $6 million to tear down the old plant and remove acres of toxic soil from the area — a process that was only just completed."
