[CPEO-BIF] "Resident fears contamination" at Peach Orchard Road, Augusta, Georgia

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Resident fears contamination in home after hearing from the EPA

by Janelle Richards
WRDW TV-News 12 (FL)
November 12, 2012

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Carrie Braxton is terrified of living in her own home.

Her yard, once filled with plants, is now empty.

"This yard use to have nothing but fruit, nothing but fruit. Now it's  
just barren," she said.

Braxton and her neighbors were anxious to hear what the Environmental  
Protection Agency had to say about cleaning up this site on Peach  
Orchard Road.

"The main contaminant is PCE, it's in the ground water, so what were  
saying is if somebody gets their water from the city of Augusta, then  
they have no problems with this site," says EPA Remedial Project  
Manager Gizelle Bennett.

...

For the entire story, see
http://www.wrdw.com/home/headlines/Resident-fears-contamination-in- 
home-after-hearing-from-the-EPA-179049561.html

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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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