2011 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2011 20:43:40 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Vapors from General Chemical, Framingham, Massachusetts
 
Report says home near Framingham chemical plant is safe

By Danielle Ameden
MetroWest Daily News (MA)
February 1, 2011

FRAMINGHAM - While toxins have seeped inside their home, a family living next to a Leland Street chemical plant is likely not at risk for cancer or other health problems, a new Board of Health study shows.

Homeowners Tom and Carrie-Lyn Woodsum, neighbors of General Chemical, say they're relieved by that aspect of the report, but remain unnerved by others.

The Woodsums told the Board of Health last night they can't afford to move and feel trapped. The report, prepared by an intern, generates "more uncertainty," Tom Woodsum said, as the couple worries about the ever-changing levels of chemical vapors shown on air quality tests. Officials say contaminants from an underground plume have entered their home through cracks in the foundation.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/top_stories/x579733700/Report-says-home-near-Framingham-chemical-plan-is-safe

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Lenny Siegel
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a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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