[CPEO-BIF] "Findings of toxic fumes in Gowanus prompt calls for moratorium on new construction, " Brooklyn, New York

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Findings of toxic fumes in Gowanus prompt calls for moratorium on new construction

by Oscar Fock
Red Hook Star-Revue (Brooklyn, NY)
July 12, 2024

The community advocacy group Voice of Gowanus and Toxics Targeting, an Ithaca-based environmental data firm that tracks contaminated sites in New York state, are calling on Governor Kathy Hochul to put a pause on new construction on brownfield sites before all contamination is comprehensively cleaned up. The call comes after Toxics Targeting uncovered that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation had found elevated levels of trichloroethylene, an industrial chemical linked to cancer and Parkinson’s disease, in the indoor air of several buildings along the canal.

On June 17, Voice of Gowanus and Toxics Targeting called a press conference to announce their latest findings and renew their calls for the state to investigate soil vapor intrusions in all structures within 1,000 feet of a brownfield or inactive hazardous waste site in New York and to remove any toxic waste found.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.star-revue.com/findings-of-toxic-fumes-in-gowanus-prompt-calls-for-moratorium-on-new-construction-by-oscar-fock/

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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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