Officials say Mecca train derailment may have ruined crops
10:06 PM PST on Wednesday, March 5, 2008
MECCA – Spilled acid from derailed train cars in Mecca may have put millions of dollars worth of crops at risk, government officials acknowledged to area farmers who met with them Wednesday night looking for answers on what to do next.About 75 people, many of them still evacuated from their homes after Monday night’s derailment of a Union Pacific train near the desert community north of the Salton Sea, heard updates from experts on the cleanup and health risks of the phosphoric and hydrochloric acid spills
