[CPEO-BIF] Sampling toenail clippings for chromium in Garfield, New Jersey

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Toenail clippings to measure toxic exposure in NJ
How will experts measure toxic exposure in NJ town? Toenail clippings

By Katie Zezima
Associated Press
March 24, 2013

GARFIELD, N.J. (AP) -- The neighborhood looks exceedingly normal:  
single-family homes and apartment buildings packed together, dogs  
barking from postage-stamp-size lawns, parents hustling down narrow  
sidewalks to fetch their children from school. But something with  
very dangerous potential lies below the surface, officials say.

The residents' toenails will provide confirmation.

A plume of hexavalent chromium, a metal used in industrial production  
that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls a "well- 
established carcinogen," has spread under Garfield, putting about one- 
tenth of the city's homes - about 600 structures and 3,600 residents  
- at risk.

The Environmental Protection Agency is about to start drilling on the  
spill site to determine how much chromium is pooled beneath and  
remove tainted soil. The agency is also testing the broader area to  
determine how it will be cleaned up. Now a group of scientists from  
New York University is working to assess how much chromium residents  
may have been exposed to.

...

For the entire article, see
http://news.yahoo.com/toenail-clippings-measure-toxic- 
exposure-142640404.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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