[CPEO-BIF] "Fill for Fields," Briarcliff Manor schools, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Sudden Death: What's In The Ground In Briarcliff Manor?

Katherine Bindley
Huffington Post
August 7, 2012

Briarcliff Manor, a village of 8,000 people less than thirty miles  
north of New York City, looks a lot like what one might picture a  
place called Briarcliff Manor to look like.

...

And 20 years ago if you told some of those parents - who patted their  
kids on their heads and kissed them goodbye before sending them off  
on the bus - that one day they'd consider suing their school for  
exposing their children to suspected carcinogens without their  
knowledge, they probably wouldn't have believed you.

But that’s what’s happening in Briarcliff right now. For years, the  
school let students play sports, have recess, attend summer camp and  
celebrate fall pep rallies with bonfires on a pair of athletic fields  
that were built on top of contaminated construction debris. At least  
eight of those students, residents say, have had cancer.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/07/sudden-death-whats-in- 
the_n_1751931.html?1344355962


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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>
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