Okay, I sent comments when this first appeared about two of the ten places being located in Somerville. My comments did not appear.

Noooowwww, I know you must have accompanied the writer of the toxic town article on Somerville....or gotten his comment...sad story in this town.

I know some affected and some who want to close their minds to the possibility. It probably will never be truly resolved.

However, I have a family member who died in his early 50s in horrendous pain after working multiple decades in a railroad tie treatment plant in Somers, Montana. He used to carry the ties from the treatment facility to the stacking yard. His wife (and their niece -- my sister-in-law in Polson, Montana) talked often about his inability to cleanse his body of the black stuff that covered his skin every day. The Somers, Montana plant is closed (I think) but not sure and wonder if related to the Somerville, Texas plant.

Your original comment was posted under the photo within the slide show. It's still there.

Actually, I went to Somerville to research the CFS article in the early summer long before the Toxic Town story got started.

I had no clue about the tie plant. I just knew A&M students went to Somerville to eat CFS.

What a sad situation.

One of the first things I do when I go to Somerville to visit family is go to "Neinast's" (I don't know the name anymore) for a CFS. Living in Alabama, I can't get a real chicken fried steak, so on the rare occasion I get to come home, a CFS is high up on my to do list. Sometimes I have one in Snook at "Sodolak's" as well.