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...occasion, but many members say the fight has been long and frustrating, with no satisfying results. They feel their efforts won only a little extra time before health catastrophe. "What we were trying to do was prove this is a harmful thing before the damage," coalition member Charlotte Ploss says. "The only way to prove it now is by body count...
...approximately 50 members are still committed, is how to shift its role. Once a protest intent on blocking construction, it now must become a relentless watchdog as MATEP becomes a reality. They talk of persuading residents to agree to regular monitoring of their health, particularly their respiratory conditions. But Ploss hasn't "the vaguest idea" what action, if any, the coalition will take in the coming months. "People are talking about selling their houses and moving. Most of them are the ones who have looked closely into the plant," she adds...
Charlotte Ploss of Mission Hill anticipated in her testimony that BWH's payments in lieu of taxes on the new buildings would not reflect their actual value and social cost. After the hearings Ploss said BWH's payments would probably duplicate "the MATEP swindle" under which Harvard will annually pay Boston one-half of one per cent of the facility's value. Hassan refused to comment on the negotiations determining the size of BWH's payments...
...group refutes Harvard's assertions about depleted numbers. "It's not a small handful of people on Mission Hill--the vast majority oppose the plants. There is opposition and there is active opposition," Ploss says. She adds that while a core of between 12 and 30 attend meetings regularly, they represent at least 9000 residents strongly against the plant, as well as several nationwide organizations which support the movement. NOMATEP members say they were pleased with the crowds at the plant the first and last night the diesel engines were brought in. While Harvard officials estimate that there were about...
...role as watchdogs. They remain convinced that MATEP will violate the pollution standards it has agreed to live by. "We can't wait for another Love Canal. Those people waited 20 years. I don't want to wait for that--I'll watch my people's health now," Ploss says, adding that she plans to closely monitor the health of her family and sue Harvard for any deterioration. "I don't want the money. I want my kids' health," she adds...