Mississippi residents fear carcinogen in soil despite cleanup

June 24, 2007 - More than 13,000 tons of soil containing the carcinogen creosote have been removed from a southeast Hattiesburg neighborhood, but residents have a lingering fear that the pollutant is still in their soil.

And their persistent pleas to City Hall caused a tumultuous last week in city government, leaving officials promising to conduct a new round of testing in the neighborhood.

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