[CPEO-BIF] Proposed homeless camp, Seattle, Washington

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Sodo site selected for homeless is found to be contaminated

By Emily Heffter
Seattle Times (WA)
November 28, 2010

The Sodo property selected for a homeless encampment is being placed on 
a state list of contaminated sites because of petroleum byproducts and a 
toxic cleaning solvent in the groundwater.

Mayor Mike McGinn chose the site this month without knowing it was 
contaminated, even though a city consultant reported those findings more 
than a year ago. It's not clear where the chemicals came from, and such 
contamination is not unusual on old industrial sites.

But Public Health Seattle & King County has not yet determined whether 
the site is safe for people.

The contamination could raise another complication in the mayor's plan 
to give 100 to 150 homeless campers a long-term, city-sanctioned space.


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For the entire article, see
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013540563_contamination28m.html

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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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