State won't probe railcar March 4, 2008 Galveston County Daily News, March 4, 2008 State and federal regulators say they aren't likely to investigate the Port of Galveston's baffling discovery of a buried railroad tank car filled with thousands of gallons of liquid, including a deteriorated form of the banned pesticide DDT. "I would think state regulators certainly would be interested in getting more information and determining whether a regulatory response was needed," said Jonathan Ward, director of UTMB's division of environmental toxicology. « Back | The Newsroom »