Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Luxury Condos Built On Toxic Waste Site Near Tacoma, WA

May 26, 2009 - How do you build luxury condos on top of a Superfund site? Local residents are outraged.

Real estate developer Mike Cohen and his investors plan to shell out over $100 million to transform almost 100 acres of Superfund land into a luxury waterfront village. The land is made up largely of industrial waste from a nine-story copper smelter, including the remains of an arsenic kitchen.

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