From: | Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com> |
Date: | 5 Jul 2007 06:18:10 -0000 |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] General Dynamics site, Avenel, New Jersey |
Health main concern at meeting in Avenel Mayor says cleanup of Gen. Dynamics site is high priority BY KATHY CHANG Woodbridge Sentinel (NJ) July 3, 2007WOODBRIDGE - Preliminary tests on the soil around the exterior of the Fifth District Park in Avenel show compounds of polychlorinated biphenyls [PCBs], semi-volatile organic compounds, and heavy metals, including arsenic and lead, township officials said last week. Residents expressed shock when they heard about the chemicals that were found in the exterior of the park. Township officials along with their independent engineering consultants, Birdsall Engineering Inc., based in Eatontown, and state Department of Environmental Protection officials presented their preliminary findings of 10 sample tests to more than 150 Avenel residents who came to the Avenel Middle School for the second of many meetings to discuss the contamination on the former General Dynamics Corp. site, which is now owned by Joe and Tobey Cohen of Edison, and the surrounding areas on June 27. ... For the entire article, see http://ws.gmnews.com/news/2007/0703/Front_Page/010.html -- Lenny Siegel Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545 Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@list.cpeo.org http://www.cpeo.org/mailman/listinfo/brownfields | |
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