Saturday, August 11, 2007

Potsdam, NY residents worried about contamination

August 10, 2007 - Residents of Haig Road have lived beside piles of railroad ties for years, but when they noticed that the ties were being pushed aside to make room for a mobile home park, they got worried. Some of the people living there even decided to document the construction of the area.

"It's the allowing of people to put something on here for kids to play in that's really upsetting," said Willie Worster, who lives on Haig Road.

He says he's upset because wooden railroad ties are soaked in the chemical creosote, which can cause contamination to land and is harmful to humans.

The ties on Haig Road have been there for years, but residents worry the land they sit on may be unsafe.

"It needs to be cleaned up," said Terry Russell, who lives across from the piles of ties. "I mean there's thousands and thousands of railroad ties over there."

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