May 26, 2009- The city of Gainesville reacted Thursday to data released late last week showing high levels of contamination on a city-owned buffer between the Koppers wood treatment facility and a single-family residential area.
"I was shocked and appalled to learn that the area of contamination from the Cabot/Koppers Superfund site is now adversely affecting the daily lives of area residents," wrote Commissioner Lauren Poe in a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency. "For decades I have watched Beazer East engage in round after round of testing to determine the extent of this growing menace to our community ... Yet after years of testing, there is still no final resolution."
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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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