Humic Growth Solutions is a plant whose malfunction caused powder to cover a Northside neighborhood. They’re now offering free car washes to any impacted residents.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Cleanup continues in a Northside neighborhood after a fertilizer powder from a nearby plant covered cars in the neighborhood.
The substance, called humic powder, came from a company called ‘Humic Growth Solutions,’ which is now trying to help residents.
Friday evening, the president of Humic Growth Solutions, Mike Steffeck, immediately realized the substance that was talked about around the neighborhood was humic powder from this plant.
According to Steffeck, this powder is a non-toxic product that cannot cause health concerns. It can be sold to farmers and they put it in their soil for crops. A malfunction caused the powder to escape from the plant on Thursday night and into the nearby San Mateo neighborhood.
“I came down as quick as I …