Excerpt from WCBI, January 24, 2017. Watch video and read the full article here.
For decades the people who lived around the old Kerr McGee plant in Columbus have been fighting for funds to clean up their neighborhood.
Today, there is real progress. The problem began with Creosote. It has a tar-like smell and is used to keep wood from rotting. At the old plant, it was used on railroad ties, cross switches and timber.
The chemical mix also seeped into the soil over the years. Cleanup is now complete on the second phase of the site.