Starting this month, crews will begin construction on a new cleanup system at the Reilly Tar Superfund site in West Indianapolis. The 120-acre site at 1500 S. Tibbs Ave. has a long history of contamination. It operated as a specialty chemicals production facility since the 1950s. Until 1972, a coal-tar refining and wood treatment facility that used creosote operated at the site. Creosote is a substance considered a likely contributor to cancer. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, site operators used a trench, a landfill and several pits to dispose of waste. Those waste handling practices contaminated the groundwater and soil. MORE: https://www.wthr.com/article/news/local/people-deserve-it-epa-installing-new-system-to-speed-up-reilly-tar-superfund-site-clean-up-environmental-protection-agency-creosote-cancer-pollution/531-df5c94de-336e-4b0c-80a8-cc04cf362b8c