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The United States Environmental Protection Agency says its waiting on sign-off from the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection on a plan to remediate contaminated soil at Mindens Superfund site.

The Environmental Protection Agency is weighing whether to proceed with a proposed remedy to address contaminated soil in Fayette County community. Meanwhile, some residents are seeking to take advantage of a federal program that would allow them to relocate.

A film called Impossible Town, based in Minden, West Virginia features Dr. Ayne Amjad’s efforts to relocate the town’s residents after decades of exposure to chemical contamination during her tenure as the state’s health officer.

This editorial was published in the Charleston Gazette-Mail on Tuesday.

A doctor attempts to move a community off its poisoned land