2016 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 12:07:22 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] "Toxins found in two private wells on Flint Road in Charlton, " Massachusetts
 
Toxins found in two private wells on Flint Road in Charlton

By Debbie LaPlaca
Worcester Telegram (MA)
July 26. 2016 

CHARLTON – Two residential wells on Flint Road near the old town dump have tested positive for the toxins found in private wells near the Southbridge landfill, the Board of Health announced Tuesday.

Chairman Matthew Gagner opened the topic by saying health board members have learned much since October when Casella Waste Systems reported findings of 1,4-dioxane and trichloroethylene, or TCE, in several private wells on H Foote Road in Charlton, near the Southbridge landfill.

That, Mr. Gagner said, caused his board to turn a critical eye to Charlton’s two closed landfills on Flint Road.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.telegram.com/article/20160726/NEWS/160729343

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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