[CPEO-BIF] Michigan Steel Works site, Ecorse, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

ECORSE: Mill Street industrial site not a current threat

By Lisa Yensen
Southgate News Herald (MI)
January 29, 2011

ECORSE - Former industrial property purchased by the city in 2004 is not 
an imminent threat to nearby residential areas, according to the 
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality.

The Mill Street site, along the North Branch of the Ecorse Creek, once 
was the home of Michigan Steel Works.

A February 2008 DEQ document says four "critical contaminants" were 
detected there: manganese, chromium, lead and asbestos.

"The main concern is particulates from asbestos and manganese," said 
Steve Hoin, DEQ senior geologist. "Most of the threat has been through 
inhalation."


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For the entire article, see
http://www.thenewsherald.com/articles/2011/01/29/news/doc4d432f7551abb930395943.txt

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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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