[CPEO-BIF] PCBs in Brunswick, Georgia

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Locals, activists slam EPA proposal to clean Georgia Superfund site
Federal agency reports community of slave descendants on nearby  
island exposed to pollution from site

by Claire Goforth
Aljazeera America
January 12, 2015

BRUNSWICK, Georgia - An Environmental Protection Agency proposal to  
clean up an 801-acre Superfund site in Brunswick, Georgia has come  
under scrutiny, with activists saying it is insufficient to protect  
locals already exposed to pollution - including a small Geechee  
community of Creole-speaking descendants of slaves on Sapelo Island,  
25 miles from the site.

Honeywell International, which purchased the site in 1998 after LCP  
Chemical filed for bankruptcy, reports that 225,000 tons of  
contaminated soil and material and 13 acres of contaminated marshland  
have been removed from the area. However, unsafe levels of  
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), mercury, lead and polynuclear  
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) remain present.

The EPA's 1994 target action for total PCB levels on the site was 25  
parts per million (ppm). A 2014 public health assessment of the site  
by federal public health organization the Agency for Toxic Substances  
and Disease Registry (ATSDR) found that six half-acre grids exceeded  
this concentration and 36 half-acre grids had PCB concentrations of 1  
to 24 ppm.



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For the entire article, see
http://america.aljazeera.com/articles/2015/1/12/georgia- 
pollutionlcpsuperfund.html

See also
http://www.thebrunswicknews.com/news/human-tests-suggest- 
contamination-from-superfund-site-stretches-at-least/article_71224c1c- 
dea9-52d2-bed6-fcd7b4b23841.html

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org

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