A yellow dust covered cars, sidewalks and property in southwest Cedar Rapids Monday morning, KCRG reports. Becca Hary, who is a spokeswoman for the company Ingredion, said that glucose was released due to a failure of the equipment and will further evaluate the root cause of the problem while replacing the faulty equipment. “Being a good neighbor and operating safely in the Cedar Rapids community is our highest priority,” Hary said. Jeff Hawkins, who lives between Interstate 380 and the Ingredion plant, said he has seen less dust cover his street. color He said the most frustrating part is that he feels powerless to stop the snow, which he described as artificial snow blowing in the wind. “There’s no real way to fix it,” Hawkins said. “I mean, health-wise, I mean who wants to stay where you get all that dust from the highway and from the plant.” He said he’s thinking about moving because the smell of the plant along with the dust from the freeway makes his eyes water and the dogs act sick. Day Crowder, whose car was covered in dust, said he is frustrated that he has to spend money to clean his car because the substance didn’t come off the car.
A yellow dust covered cars, sidewalks and property in southwest Cedar Rapids Monday morning, KCRG reports.
Becca Hary, who is a spokeswoman for Ingredion’s company, said that glucose was released due to equipment failure and that she will further evaluate the root cause of the problem while replacing the faulty equipment.
“Being a good neighbor and operating safely in the Cedar Rapids community is our highest priority,” Hary said.
Jeff Hawkins, who lives between Interstate 380 and the Ingredion plant, said he has seen the dust cover his street with less color. He said the most frustrating part is that he feels powerless to stop the snow, which he described as artificial snow blowing in the wind.
“There’s no real recourse to fix it,” Hawkins said. “I mean health, I mean who wants to stay where you get all that dust from the highway and the plant.”
He said he’s thinking about moving because the smell of the plant along with the dust from the freeway makes his eyes water and the dogs sick.
Day Crowder, whose car was covered in dust, said he is frustrated that he has to spend money to clean it up because the substance won’t come off his car.
