Friday, March 25, 2005

Topic: PCB's and other chemical pollution.

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posted by G.M.Heller at Friday, March 25, 2005

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Blogger Jonathan Melle said...

Question council on Hill 78

Letters

The Berkshire Eagle

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

It astounds me that the candidates for at-large City Council are not discussing how we can work to rid Pittsfield of the huge toxic waste dump in the middle of town, Hill 78.

The local pols congratulate themselves on the transfer of toxic sediment from the Housatonic River to a massive hill next to an elementary school and call it a "cleanup." We are lulled into accepting this dump by assurances that it is "safe" and that the EPA and GE are now "communicating better" about how safe it is.

However, it is simply not acceptable to have a toxic dump next to an elementary school. It is full of newly placed PCBs on top of decades of other, even more hazardous material dumped by GE.

I witnessed members of my son's baseball team climb the fence of Hill 78 to retrieve foul balls. When I told them not to go over there, my son asked why is it safe on this side of the chain link fence and not safe a few feet on the other?

Yet we are told it is safe and that there is nothing that can be done to rid ourselves of Hill 78 because politicians signed a consent decree.

Wake up Pittsfield! Let's demand some leadership from our politicians to think of creative and new ways to get rid of this eyesore and danger. Let's make it a number one issue and ask each council candidate what strategies and ideas he or she has for getting rid of it.

VALERIE A. ANDERSEN
Pittsfield, Massachusetts

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 1:50:00 PM  

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