[CPEO-BIF] Data unavalidated at New York Air Brake, Watertown, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Toxic Waste Case Goes To Inspector General, DEC

WWNY TV-7 (NY)
February 10, 2015

Several years ago, residents around Watertown's New York Air Brake got letters from the state. 

After testing for chemicals from the old Air Brake landfill, most of their homes had come up clean.  

But Andy Williams doesn't believe it.

"Someone, who in my opinion, works for the state, doctored these results," said Williams, a former northside resident. 

Williams got his hands on the original data - data that showed the cancer-causing chemical T.C.E. present in the air in many homes. 

But, that data went to what's called a "data validation service" where many of the numbers were changed. 

…

For the entire story, see
http://www.wwnytv.com/news/local/Toxic-Waste-Case-Goes-To-Inspector-General-DEC-291440091.html?m=y&smobile=y

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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