[CPEO-BIF] Mary Alice Park, Arlington, Tennessee

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Former Toxic Site Is Now A Park

Keli Rabon
WREG TV-3 News (Memphis, YN)
July 14, 2009


(Arlington, TN - 7/14/2009) Every step Marquietta Gilbert takes at 
Arlington's "Mary Alice Park" is on dangerous ground. That's because 
just a few feet below the walking path is a toxic trail that the normal 
visitor would never see.

"It's so pretty, seemed like a nice atmosphere," Gilbert said, before 
learning about the site's past.

But Arlington Mayor Russell Wiseman remembers what used to be there -- 
as a child, he was told to stay away.

"Nobody knew what was going on over there," Arlington Mayor Russell 
Wiseman said.

With a self-described "unique history", the Arlington park is like no 
other in the Mid-South.

In the 70s, "Arlington Blending and Packaging" manufactured herbicides 
and pesticides. Over time, there were spills and leaks, causing a lethal 
brew of PCP, benzene, aresenic, and endrin to seep into the soil and 
groundwater.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.wreg.com/news/onyourside/toxictruth/wreg-toxic-park,0,5630906.story

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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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