News of EPA Citizens Panel on Fridley Superfund Sites Sparks Comment
Fridley Cancer Cluster Facebook page members, MN Pollution Control Agency, Erin Brockovich investigator responded to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency move.
People around Fridley reacted to the announcement Tuesday that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will form a citizens advisory group focused on the city's polluted Superfund sites. "Fridley Cancer Cluster" Facebook group founder Jason McCarty was first to comment on state Rep.-elect Connie Bernardy's post with the news of the EPA' announcement: "Can I get a hell yes on this?" "Traction is starting to occur...this is another great development," responded Don Roux. "Our baby steps are getting bigger!!!" wrote Jenny Terway Petersen. McCarty teased Nov. 2 that good news was coming and credited "headway" from a Nov. 1 meeting between group members and staffers from the offices of U.S. Sens. Amy Klobuchar and Al Franken. (Neither senate …
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jeff loven
2:27 am on Thursday, November 15, 2012
I think the best way to decide if you are safe is to have soil, water and soil vapor intrusion testing done. This would eliminate any fears of what you may be exposed to now. But there is no way to tell for sure if, in fact the discolored water coming out of our taps was actually safe back about 6 years ago or so. Who knows what we were actually exposed to back then. I still find it odd that they… more ›