A group in Somerville, Texas, RightsforAmerica (www.rightsforamerica.com) has put out an open letter to billionaire Warren Buffett chronicling the plight of its residents after the alleged burning of toxic railroad ties by Burlington North Santa Fe Railroad Company, a corporation in which Buffett is the largest shareholder. Somerville registers some of the highest dioxin levels ever recorded and its residents have suffered a host of horrific health problems as a result, including rare and agressive cancers and birth defects.
The letter, which was released on CSR Wire (www.csrwire.com/News/10732.html) is re-printed in full below.
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