PCBs And Port Arthur, Texas

The predominantly African-American city of Port Arthur, Texas may soon be the site for the incineration of 40 million pounds of PCBs imported from Mexico. The Environmental Protection Agency has tentatively approved Veolia Environmental Services' proposal to bring the chemicals to Port Arthur from Mexico and burn the materials at an incinerator located just outside the city limits. Community activist Hilton Kelley: "We don't want to set a precedent in this community, where we are set up and prepared to take toxic waste from the world. It's not fair to children, or to me."