[CPEO-BIF] Grenada Manufacturing site, Grenada, Mississippi

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Miss. community seeks answers years after toxic dumping

by Anna Wolfe
Clarion-Ledger (MS)
April 2, 2016


GRENADA - In a small community tucked at the intersection of the railroad and Riverdale creek in Grenada, it seems like everyone is getting sick.

Hang around, residents of the Eastern Heights subdivision say, and you’ll notice a lack of life. The bugs are sparse, the trees die and though the homes themselves exude a '70s small-town charm, a gigantic, dingy manufacturing plant just across the tracks adds a certain post-apocalyptic feel as it engulfs half the skyline.

Of 225 longtime residents in the neighborhood, there have been 68 cases of cancer. The Environmental Protection Agency is researching how toxic chemicals from the former Grenada Manufacturing site are affecting the community while several lawsuits are pending.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2016/04/02/miss-community-seeks-answers-years-after-toxic-dumping/82467236/

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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>
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