2018 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2018 12:48:28 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] "U.S. EPA finds remnants of Hoover chemicals at nearby church, " North Canton, Ohio
 
[I thought I posted this earlier, but I can’t find it. - LS]

US EPA finds remnants of Hoover chemicals at nearby church

By Robert Wang
Canton Repository (OH)
Posted Oct 29, 2018 at 11:58 AM
 
 
NORTH CANTON Testing at several locations at or around the former Hoover Co. plant found high levels of cancer-causing chemicals including in 2016 at the nearby Community Christian Church, U.S. Environmental Protection officials told residents Wednesday evening.

However, Joseph Kelly, a project manager for the U.S. EPA based in Chicago, told an audience of more than 65 at the Civic Center that investigators did not feel there was a significant risk to the health of people visiting the church. He said they would not have been exposed for a long enough period of time to be of concern.

Also testing positive for carcinogens above a safe level are areas such as the West Factory area, which are unoccupied. The levels are not considered a threat to human health. However, Maple Street Commerce will have to clean up those areas before they can be developed into apartments and retail space suitable for human occupancy.



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For the entire article, see
https://www.indeonline.com/news/20181029/us-epa-finds-remnants-of-hoover-chemicals-at-nearby-church

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