From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Thu, 3 Sep 2009 17:03:05 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania lead poisoning |
Contamination spoils dream home for Shoemakersville man and young daughterA Shoemakersville man files suit over lead-tainted fill used on a former Schuylkill Canal site. He says it sickened his daughter and robbed his house of value. By Darrin Youker Reading Eagle September 2, 2009Terry Russitano thought he found his dream home when he moved into a house on Water Street in Shoemakersville seven years ago. There was a backyard bordered by a cornfield and plenty of space for his daughter, Madison, to play. But within a year, a contractor digging a septic tank hit what he thought was an oil line. Shortly after the black dust settled, the contractor found a mound of battery casings. The discovery triggered a series of environmental, legal and medical problems for Russitano, who says he can't sell the home, and Madison, 8, who continues to suffer ill effects of lead poisoning from playing in the yard. ... For the entire article, see http://www.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=155002 -- 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> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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