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DISH, Texas - A town of less than 200 is leading a charge for change.
The push began with Dish residents fighting for state oversight of natural gas
pipelines. Now, scientists have confirmed their worst fears.
The tiny town has nearly a dozen gas compression engines,
and it was a
lingering smell in the air that led to initial concerns over air quality.
Many say it was lax state regulations that led the city of Dish to be at the
mercy of industrial pollution from natural gas compression stations.
The city, which has eleven engines pressurizing natural gas from pipelines
within its limits, paid for its own study. Dish sits at the crossroads of nearly a
dozen high-pressured lines.
"There were 16 total toxins that were above TCEQ-established limits," said Mayor Calvin Tillman.
He said some levels of cancer-causing agents and neurotoxins were 100
times state standards.
"The industry has told us time and time again that what were smelling is just
odorant; it's nothing that would harm us," Tillman said.
Town of 200 pay for own enviro-study: Lovely Odorants really Cancerous Toxic Town Air
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