[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: National Fireworks site, Hanover, MA

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Officials to meet on cleanup of contaminated Hanover fireworks site

By Michele Morgan Bolton
Boston Globe
November 7, 2012

Hanover and state environmental and public health officials will  
gather in the town together publicly for the first time Nov. 14 to  
address the impact and resolution of the contaminated 240-acre  
National Fireworks site.

Six decades of manufacturing civilian fireworks and later US military  
munitions for four wars have resulted in enough mercury, lead, and  
other chemicals in the soil, wetlands, and adjoining waterways to  
earn the parcel one of the highest hazardous designations in the state.

Still, said Hanover Town Manager Troy Clarkson, next Wednesday's  
communal meeting will also be used as a vehicle to clear up  
misinformation that the affected portion of the property - in use  
from 1907 to 1970 - poses a health or other risk.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2012/11/08/hanover-and- 
state-officials-hold-joint-public-meeting-contaminated-fireworks-site/ 
4PVNUS4fDvX6wrO8LRSdOO/story.html

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