[CPEO-BIF] Horseheads school property, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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, 2009

HORSEHEADS - 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.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.stargazette.com/article/20091021/NEWS01/910210409/Expert+warns+toxic+waste+could+be+a+huge+problem


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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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