Reprint from WFAA.com
By Chris Hawes
FORT WORTH — State environmental officials said they never found evidence of elevated levels of the cancer-causing chemical benzene during a December air study in Fort Worth. But News 8 has proof that they did, and the mayor of a Denton County town is now calling for a federal probe of state pollution regulators.
Last January, John Sadlier, deputy director of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, appeared before the Fort Worth City Council with what sounded like good news: Eight air samples analyzed in Fort Worth found no traces of benzene, the toxin that — over time — can lead to leukemia. "Benzene is non-detect on all the slides," Sadlier said during the January presentation.
But what he didn't tell Council members was that the analysis equipment that TCEQ used in the field wasn't sensitive enough to detect lower levels of benzene — the levels that TCEQ's own scientists say can lead to cancer if sustained over a period of years.
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I suggest emailing a request to Governer Perry to fire John Sadlier and his staff which did not catch this mistake (mistake used loosely). Paying more for natural gas (drilling away from people) will still cost less then the medical bills.
http://www2.governor.state.tx.us/contact/
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