November 28, 2007 - From the steps of the state Capitol in Hartford, the Massachusetts-based group "honored" three Connecticut facilities and nine others across New England with a special "Dirty Decade Award" and issued a report suggesting how these industries can clean up their acts.
"They are figurative dinosaurs," said Sylvia Broude, a community organizer with Toxics Action. "Their business practices have not changed with the times."
The group cited the Olin Corp., former owner of the Winchester Repeating Arms company, whose toxic wastes wound up in fill under hundreds of homes, a school and public parks in Hamden. The contamination forced the town to move its middle school in 2006.
Also on the list are the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority in Hartford and the Millstone nuclear power plant in Waterford, owned by Dominion Resources.
The nine other "honorees" include nuclear plants, companies and trash disposal operations in the five other New England states. The group also cited the TruGreen ChemLawn Corp. for "blazing a new toxic path for chemical use" and urged the company to adopt environmentally friendly lawn care practices.
Toxics Action used the latest "awards" to point to solutions for some of the most nagging environmental problems.
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Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste Material are issues families all across America are afflicted with daily.
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