[CPEO-BIF] Lunt Silversmith property, Greenfield, Massachusetts

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

My Turn: The Lunt Property environmental cleanup at 298 Federal St.

Opinion by MAYOR ROXANN WEDEGARTNER
Greenfield Recorder (MA)
February 16, 2022

There is a great deal of misinformation being published in the Recorder and on social media concerning the city’s involvement in the ongoing environmental cleanup of 298 Federal St., formerly the Lunt Silversmith Company.

The most defamatory and libelous comments stated in this misinformation is that the city is “indifferent” to the safety and health concerns of neighbors of the property and to the employees of and the people seeking treatment at the various short-term residential treatment programs located within 298 Federal St.

Sadly, this misinformation comes from some city councilors and concerned citizens who should be pleased that, since 2011, the city of Greenfield has undertaken cleanup of the hazardous materials at this property.

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For the entire column, see
https://www.recorder.com/my-turn-wedegartner-FormerLuntPropertyCleanup-45086741

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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http://www.cpeo.org
Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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