From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:50:15 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Horseheads school property, New York |
Expert: Toxic waste could be a huge problem in Horseheads district Horseheads school officials say potential problem being taken seriously By Jeff Murray Elmira Star-Gazette (NY) October 21, 2009HORSEHEADS - The head of an Ithaca environmental firm is keeping pressure on the Horseheads Central School District to address a long-forgotten toxic waste site on school property. But school district officials say they are taking every necessary step to find out if there is any health threat from the site, and some nearby residents are wondering what all the fuss is about. Walter Hang, president of Toxics Targeting Inc., uncovered information about a 3-acre former dump site while doing research on the Horseheads Schlumberger project. Hang sent a letter to the school district to alert them to the presence of the site, located near the high school athletic fields. ... For the entire article, see http://www.stargazette.com/article/20091021/NEWS01/910210409/Expert+warns+toxic+waste+could+be+a+huge+problem -- 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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