[CPEO-BIF] National Fireworks Site, Hanover, Massachusetts

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hanover sends letter to residents about contamination at National  
Fireworks site


By Chris Burrell
Quincy Patriot Ledger (MA)
September 5, 2012

Hanover - After fielding plenty of emails and telephone calls  
during the last two months about contamination at the site of an  
old fireworks and munitions plant, town leaders have produced a  
four-page newsletter to tackle questions about cancer rates, real  
estate values and freshwater fish too poisoned to eat.

"Environmental Update: The National Fireworks Site" will be mailed  
this week to nearly 6,000 households and businesses, offering a  
short history of the site and chronicling more than 20 years of  
efforts to assess the soil and water contamination and plans to  
clean it up.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.patriotledger.com/topstories/x1526495841/Hanover-sends-letter-to-residents-about-contamination-at-National-Fireworks-site
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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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