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Grace held the first of three daily meetings after sending out 800 invitations to members of the North Cambridge community, and took questions from the floor after an hour-long presentation about chemicals in the adjacent dump and plans for building offices on 17 acres of the inactive dump...
Paul M. Connor of the company's Health, Safety and Toxicology Department said that napthalene, the main ingredient in moth balls, did not cause cancer and that the dump contained a small enough quantity of the chemical so that the only adverse effect might be the odor...
Controversy over the dump began several years ago when testing during construction of the MBTA Alewife station revealed napthalene and soil so acidic it had to be removed for fear it would eat through the 18-inch thick concrete walls of the subway tunnel...
Toxic Alert Coalition members and other area residents have stepped up their efforts at getting a full range of tests in the dump this fall. They said they hope to discover which chemicals are present and in what quantity before Grace and Hines Industrial--Grace's partner in the building venture--pave over and build there...
...company drew the most fire for what neighbors said was its unwillingness to explain exactly what chemicals were in the dump. "I just want to see some facts. I want to see results that show that it's safe to start digging," said Toxic Alert Coalition member Wendy L. Baruch...