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diff --git a/content/evidence/junkyard.md b/content/evidence/junkyard.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..89403e2 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/evidence/junkyard.md @@ -0,0 +1,52 @@ +--- +title: The Junkyard Subdivision +description: "The subdivision built on top of the oldest junk yard in the county." +date: 2024-09-30T07:04:54-04:00 +tags: ["subdivision", "junkyard", "old Junkyard", "lamar county", "Georgia"] +layout: doc +thumbnail: + url: https://res.cloudinary.com/solardump/image/upload/v1727815531/posts/photo-1608197554169-59d30cce848a.jpg + author: Chris Ehrling + authorURL: https://unsplash.com/@daladude + origin: Unsplash + originURL: https://unsplash.com/photos/brown-volkswagen-beetle-parked-on-green-grass-field-during-daytime-_TL8lBOdQqA +--- + +## A Junkyard you say? + +The junkyard was documented by Google Maps, and its existence can be traced back as far as satellites have been taking detailed photos of the area. A simple search was performed and pulled up satellite images dating as far back as the early 1980s. No one we have talked to can remember a time when the junkyard was not there, which confirms its existence at least as far back as the 1950s. It's estimated date of origin is somewhere around the 1930s, but this is just an estimation. + +### What type of Junkyard. + +Keep in mind, this junkyard predates all safety regulations, and this particular one spent at least half a century out of operation, and everything was allowed to sit and rust away into oblivion. The numerous old cars, fork lifts, refrigerators, freezers, oil drums, paint buckets, and gas pumps went deep into the property and could be seen from the road up until the property was put up for sale circa 2018. + +Before putting it up for sale, the then owners of the property, did pay for someone to haul off what rusted remains were left, BUT they didn't do anything else to clean the property up. Everything that was once there, was allowed to drain and decompose into the soil, and nothing was done about the soil. + +#### The danger comes from the fluids + +It is not that the vehicles were allowed to sit and rust, it is that the junkyard predates modern means of toxic waste disposal. The only thing you could do with used oil or old paint was either take it to a junkyard or attempt to burn it. The public was completely unaware of the hazards of allowing the stuff to poor out. According to the New Mexico department of Environmental Safety.[^6] + +### Who knows about it. + +Practically everyone. The county has been told about it, the builders know they built on top of it, and even the health department has been notified. Yet the county still approved the stubdivision to be built there. You might wonder, where did the builders build the houses? Right on top of the polluted soil. Admittedly, they had to scrape off the land to grade it, but all that did was scrape off the topsoil expose the chemicals polluting the ground underneath. + +### The county's track record of sacrificing life for profit. + +This is not the first time the county has acted so wrecklessly, and approved developments they knew posed a danger to the public. + +[^1]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3222489/ +[^2]: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(02)07531-1/abstract +[^3]: https://oem.bmj.com/content/66/2/81.short +[^4]: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1241618/ +[^5]: https://www.des.nh.gov/sites/g/files/ehbemt341/files/documents/sw-35.pdf +[^6]: https://www.env.nm.gov/wp-content/uploads/sites/12/2016/11/HWB-Salvage-yard-fact-sheet-7-30-2016.pdf +[^7]: https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/news/2002/03/03/junkyard-time-bomb/50974403007/ +[^8]: https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/2009/05/12/epa-rarely-checks-salvage-yards/23730087007/ +[^9]: https://www.adeq.state.ar.us/poa/enterprise-services/industry/pdfs/ar-auto-salvage-guidebook_2022.pdf +[^10]: https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2014/jun/02/lawsuit-planned-over-springdale-auto-sa/ +[^11]: https://www.oklahoman.com/story/news/1987/01/23/salvage-yard-makes-epa-list/62702233007/ +[^12]: https://publications.iowa.gov/34967/ +[^13]: https://www.recyclingtoday.com/news/new-york-queens-auto-salvage-environmental-penalty-oil-fluids/ +[^14]: https://www.cerc.usgs.gov/orda_docs/CaseDetails?ID=263 +[^15]: https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1998/11/20/settlement-to-clean-polluted-ybor-salvage-yard/ +[^16]: https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-02-13-me-23247-story.html |