April 19, 2008 - Baltimore is proposing to condemn and buy seven homes with arsenic pollution in their yards beside contaminated Swann Park as part of a large waterfront development.
Some of the homeowners next to Swann Park say they want to get away from the polluted area for health reasons. Until it closed in 1976, the Allied Chemical pesticide factory spewed arsenic dust all over the park and neighborhood, leading to potentially higher risks of cancer, according to federal studies.
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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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