Word: graces
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City Manager Robert W. Healy will negotiate the appointment for overseeing the testing by site owner W.R. Grace Co., which has maintained that the area is free from toxic hazard, said Melvin H. Chalfen, city commissioner of health and hosptials...
...Environmental Protection Agency also prompted last month's decision by disputing the validity of a clean bill of health given the site in September by Grace contractors Haley and Aldrich...
...questioned the methodology and conclusions of the Grace report, which stated that materials deposited at the site and since removed have not contaminated the area's groundwater and does not pose a health risk to nearby residents...
...officials said the Grace report was not supported by convincing evidence, and concerned residents fear that chemical operations in the past may pose some health hazards, said Chalfen...
...Although Grace has retained Haley and Aldrich, Inc., to continually test the soil and groundwater, "local citizens feel they would be more comfortable having an independent consultant look over the testing," said Chalfen...