The barrel was gone, and it was just white gunk. This was the bad area here where all of the hazardous stuff was used. That site was the least desirable as far as I was concerned, but because the Remington Rand people had given us the land, the board voted to go ahead and take it. He says the long-term effects of the industrial waste were never considered. Every way we looked at it, we just felt it was an opportunity to get a brand-new school with a lot of the facilities we needed.
Local residents understand the decision.
It's nearly impossible to trace the cause of a cancer precisely. Cancer cells form in the human body regularly. But most bodies attack, kill and eliminate the unwanted cells silently and swiftly. The reasons that some bodies become unwilling hosts to cancer are not fully understood, but the primary factors appear to be poor diet, smoking and a genetic predisposition. She is investigating the Southside High School site, along with the state health department.