Vertac Inc News Today

Contractors are scheduled to begin gathering soil samples Tuesday from residential properties near the Vertac Inc. Superfund Site in Jacksonville as part of a reassessment of the potential health risks posed to locals by dioxin, a hazardous industrial byproduct once manufactured at the site.

More than a decade after tightening exposure standards for dioxin, federal regulators have yet to reassess the potential health risks posed by the hazardous industrial byproduct to Jacksonville residents living near what was once among the worst Superfund sites in the nation.