[CPEO-BIF] Kiley Barrel pollution, Somerville, Massachusetts

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Deadly soil: Tests say ground near site of Kiley Barrel contaminated

By Auditi Guha
Somerville Journal
June 10, 2009

Somerville —

Horace Cetoude has been living on Allen Street for 22 years and eating 
vegetables that he has been growing in his backyard. So he was shocked 
to learn about the high incidence of cancer and contaminated soil in his 
neighborhood at a meeting on Monday night.

"I didn't know. Just found out," Cetoude said. "I love my garden. I grow 
all kinds of flowers and vegetables."

About a dozen residents attended a community meeting at the police 
station on June 8, 2009 for a presentation about recent soil, water and 
air testing in and around the former Kiley Barrel site in Union Square.

...

Officials conducting the testing are trying to find out the extent of 
the problem, but confirmed that they have found arsenic and lead traces 
at the sites tested. They plan to conduct two additional rounds of 
sub-slab soil gas monitoring, install new monitoring wells in the soil 
and will meet with property owners. The time from testing to getting the 
results can be about 45 days.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.wickedlocal.com/somerville/news/x313681521/Deadly-soil-Tests-say-ground-near-site-of-Kiley-Barrel-contaminated?view=print

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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