[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH, CLOSURE: Memphis, TN Defense Depot

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

FOX13 Investigates: South Memphis residents say old defense depot is making them sick

By Kayla Solomon
FOX13 TV News (Memphis, TN)
February 6, 2023 

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Since the late 1950s, three generations of Alcy Ball families have lived on Compton Avenue. They’ll tell you it was once home to Black middle-class families who built their homes from the ground up.

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The depot he’s referring to is the Defense Depot.

It’s now considered a decommissioned U.S. Army depot, but it was active up until the late 1990s.

Compton Avenue is less than a half-mile from the site.

“It was supposed to be a storage and distribution center for normal things, like hats, gloves and things that soldiers need, but in actuality, it was a landfill full of harmful chemicals that hurt people, plants and pets,” said Marquita Bradshaw, founder of environmental justice group Sowing Justice.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.fox13memphis.com/news/local/fox13-investigates-south-memphis-residents-say-old-defense-depot-is-making-them-sick/GHOQGYK75VAJ7OG6IZ7LEGL554/

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Lenny Siegel
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