drilling waste site developers

Journalist Justin Nobel, working with Truthdig, reports that homes and a school in Texas were built on top of a former drilling waste site. Texas authorities maintain the properties are safe, but residents and owners are skeptical and concerned about possible health risks. It remains unclear whether the owners have a legal case against the developers who built on the land.

In North Texas, families living in homes built atop a former drilling waste site are still pressing developers to disclose whether they were legally required to reveal the land's contaminated history. A nearby school also sits on the site, raising health and safety concerns for residents who say they were never told about the pollution beneath their properties.