[CPEO-BIF] "New Homes On Delco Brownfield, " Haverford, Pennsylvania

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

FOX 29 Investigates: New Homes On Delco Brownfield

Fumes, odors, burning eyes and being forced inside – that's what folks in a local community say they're facing as pricey homes are built. FOX 29 Investigates 29 is digging for answers.

 

By: Jeff Cole
Fox 29 News (Philadelphia, PA)
March 2 2016
 

HAVERFORD TWP., Pa. - Residents of a Delaware County community say they have serious concerns about what's getting dug up as new homes go up on an old industrial site next to their backyards.

And then there's the smell. FOX 29's Jeff Cole has this report.

When the heavy equipment began ripping at the earth for construction of new homes last spring on an old industrial brownfield in Haverford Township, neighbors got a whiff of a nasty smell.

"All summer it was terrible," resident Eugene Wieczorek said. "You could not go out in the backyard. My wife has been having migraines. Other neighbors have been sick. And it's like standing in front of an open can of kerosene. After a few minutes, your head can start to spin, and there's nowhere to go."

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For the entire story, see
http://www.fox29.com/news/local-news/fox-29-investigates/99832649-story

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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
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