Thu, Sep 25, 2008 Grand Haven Tribune
TEXAS TOWNSHIP, MI (AP) — Cleanup work is continuing near two Kalamazoo-area homes where about 500 barrels of toxic materials have been found. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials said radioactive substances are in three of the barrels. The chemicals found in Kalamazoo County's Texas Township are flammable and explosive. They include benzene and carbon tetrachloride. Some mercury has been cleaned from a barn floor.
EPA officials said they have found no evidence of groundwater contamination or risk to area homes. The agency started the cleanup on Sept. 10 following a pole-barn fire in August that led to the discovery of the barrels. How the drums got there remains unknown.
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