As 'brownfields' clean up, ecologists worry
By Alan Wirzbicki
Boston Globe
January 1, 2006
WASHINGTON -- In 1999, a jewelry factory in Attleboro shut its doors for
the last time, leaving another downtown brick building vacant in the
Attleboro region.
...
The cleanup of brownfields such as the factory in Attleboro has become
one of the federal government's most popular environmental programs.
But as legislators have poured more than $400 million into a program
that helps them deliver visible improvements to districts, some
environmentalists have voiced concern that it's coming at a price: While
spending on brownfields grows, the government falls further behind in
cleaning up sites that carry far more health risks but fewer commercial
...
For the entire article, see
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2006/01/01/as_brownfields_clean_up_ecologists_worry
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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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