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Since the Athenaeum Group began building at a site on Binney Street in East Cambridge last spring, the garage has been surrounded by controversy. Neighborhood residents charge that the facility violates a freeze on city parking that the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) imposed in 1973 under the Clean...
Furthermore, opponents of the garage say the city may have overestimated the number of parking spaces allowed under EPA limits, and they say a legal interpretation used to add 3500 new spaces may not be valid...
Healy said he discussed the garage problem last week with officials of the EPA and the state Department of Environmental Quality Engineering (DEQE). While the two agencies have not ruled on Cambridge's garages, they did send Healy a letter saying it would be "premature" to revoke the Binney Street building permit...
That by no means lessens the seriousness of the threat, especially at high levels. In addition, medical experts say, tobacco smoke increases the risk by attracting radon particles, allowing them to lodge easily in the lungs. Even if the number of radon cancer deaths is 5,000, says the EPA, the gas is still "among the worst health risks in this country...
Homeowners can take a number of steps to fight indoor radon pollution. For starters, the EPA's two booklets, A Citizen's Guide to Radon and Radon Reduction Methods, are available from area health offices, which will also provide the names of reputable companies that do radon testing. Cheap ($10) home kits will measure the gas, as will more expensive continuous electronic monitors. To counter the problem, cracks in the basement can be sealed and ventilation systems installed. Such measures ought to be taken within a few years, the EPA advises, if the radon readings are between...