[CPEO-BIF] Keith Middle School, New Bedford, MA - contaminated soil

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Yet more toxins found at Keith
This time the problem is loam trucked in for landscaping

By AARON NICODEMUS
New Bedford Standard-Times (MA)
November 14, 2006

NEW BEDFORD - It seems the new Keith Middle School project can't catch a 
break. Even soil brought in from other places has been found to be 
contaminated.

The city has ordered the site's contractor, Agostini Construction Co. of 
East Providence, to remove all of the soil a subcontractor laid down for 
grass and shrubs because it contained very high amounts of fecal 
coliform bacteria.

Test results of the soil revealed it contained as much as 340,000 parts 
fecal coliform bacteria per gram, considerably higher than the 
environmental standard of 1,000 parts per gram set by the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency. The results were mixed, with some spots 
testing as low as 3,200 parts fecal coliform, and one spot testing for 
the spike of 340,000 parts fecal coliform.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/daily/11-06/11-14-06/01local.htm


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