[CPEO-BIF] Shoemakersville, Pennsylvania lead poisoning

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Contamination spoils dream home for Shoemakersville man and young daughter
A Shoemakersville man files suit over lead-tainted fill used on a former 
Schuylkill Canal site. He says it sickened his daughter and robbed his 
house of value.

By Darrin Youker
Reading Eagle
September 2, 2009

Terry Russitano thought he found his dream home when he moved into a 
house on Water Street in Shoemakersville seven years ago.

There was a backyard bordered by a cornfield and plenty of space for his 
daughter, Madison, to play.

But within a year, a contractor digging a septic tank hit what he 
thought was an oil line. Shortly after the black dust settled, the 
contractor found a mound of battery casings.

The discovery triggered a series of environmental, legal and medical 
problems for Russitano, who says he can't sell the home, and Madison, 8, 
who continues to suffer ill effects of lead poisoning from playing in 
the yard.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.readingeagle.com/article.aspx?id=155002

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org



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