Word: toxication
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...least 12 billion gallons a year of human waste and toxic chemicals flow into Boston Harbor, polluting the beaches, turning the Harbor's fish into swimming carcinogens, and creating a health hazard for residents of the North and South Shore...
Several nearby residents, including members of the community group, North Cambridge Toxic Alert Coalition (NCTAC), however, charged that not enough tests had been run and that they had been unable to get results from the agencies named...
Residents said Haley & Aldrich also did not test for toxic chemicals such as dioxin, which they said is not included on the EPA's list of 129 priority tests which the firm conducted...
...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...