Why aren trucks carrying hazardous waste clearly marked?
• All hazardous waste entering or leaving TSSD must cross the main Atlanta – Chattanooga rail line. Doesn’t the possibility of a truck-train accident pose a serious threat to residents living within a few feet from the tracks? Responses to health concerns identified during the needs assessment follow. • Are more people who live near TSSD developing respiratory ailments and skin rashes? Response: GEPD and GDPH have not received any information that would suggest that respiratory ailments or skin rashes are occurring in people who live near TSSD at a greater rate than other communities in the area. • Is there a higher incidence of a rare form of cancer within a small geographical area near TSSD? Response: We do not have complete cancer morbidity data for Catoosa County. No apparent difference in the rate of cancer (all types) mortality for people in Catoosa County was found when compared to the region and the state (Table 1). No morbidity data for cancer exists, and no data for the rare
