[CPEO-BIF] Scofieldtown Park, Stamford, Connecticut

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Stamford closes Scofield park after toxic chemicals found
Gates locked at Scofieldtown Park



By Magdalene Perez
Stamford Advocate (CT)
May 22, 2009

STAMFORD -- As the sun warmed the first hours of Memorial Day weekend 
Friday afternoon, the playground and tennis court at Scofieldtown Park 
in North Stamford were deserted.

For good reason. Last week, the city shut down the park after a federal 
test revealed PCBs and other toxic cntaminants in the soil. Now visitors 
to the small park, across the street from the Smith House municipal 
nursing home and adjacent to the Scofield recycling center, will find 
the gates closed and locked. They are not likely to reopen for months, 
city officials said.

The shutdown is in response to a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
report released in December that showed some soil in the park contained 
contaminants at levels that exceed limits set by the state Department of 
Environmental Protection, according to a statement Friday from city 
Operations Director Benjamin Barnes. The test found semivolatile organic 
compounds and PCBs, materials once commonly used in electric 
transformers, coolants, and pesticides, but banned in the 1970s after 
scientists found the compounds are toxic.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/norwalkadvocate/news/ci_12431586

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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