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State warns Eugene neighborhood of dioxin contamination in soil

The toxic chemical likely wafted from the now-defunct J.H. Baxter creosoting plant
March 7, 2023
 
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The now-shuttered J.H. Baxter wood creosoting factory in northwest Eugene on March 6, 2023. | CHRISTIAN WIHTOL/THE LUND REPORT

Dioxin contamination in some yards in a Eugene neighborhood is so severe that young children could be harmed by routinely playing in the