Toxic Vapor Intrusion May be Greenpoint Brooklyn's Latest Concern

December 8, 2008 - For decades, people in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, have lived with the possible health hazards from oil spills in their industrial waterfront. Up to 30 million gallons of petroleum — almost three times the amount dumped off the Alaskan coast by the Exxon Valdez in 1989 — made their way into Newtown Creek and surrounding neighborhoods from dozens of refineries in more than a century.

Now residents have a new anxiety: Toxic gases may be rising into their homes.

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