[CPEO-BIF] Globeville residents challenge ASARCO redevelopment, Denver, Colorado

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Contempt over contamination

Globeville neighborhood speaks up over blighted abandoned plant

Peter Marcus,
Denver Daily News (CO)
March 28, 2011


An ordinary community meeting Saturday discussing Interstate 70  
repairs and budget woes turned into a heated exchange over breast  
cancer and contamination, as the city prepares to redevelop a 77-acre  
blighted site in Globeville.

Councilwoman Judy Montero fended off questions from an angry bunch of  
Globeville residents over redevelopment of the blighted former ASARCO  
smelting plant near east 51st Avenue and Washington Street.

Residents are concerned about the lead and arsenic that was left by  
the former plant, raising concerns over contamination of groundwater  
and possible connections to breast cancer.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.thedenverdailynews.com/article.php?aID=12182

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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