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Present Chairman of the State House Education Committee, Rep. Nicolas A. Paleologos's (D-Woburn) proposal would give money to local school commitees and allow them to use it for "local initiatives...
Earlier this fall, Harvard's Construction Management contracted the renovation to Woburn Oak Roofing, which has worked on other Harvard jobs, Stoddard said...
Citizens of Woburn have been concerned for over a decade about the hazards of toxic waste stored in a city dump site. Their worst fears were confirmed this February by the release of the results of a two-year study carried out by two researchers from the School of Public Health...
...that the SPH team has stepped in and paved the way for Woburn, the residents of the town will have an easier time claiming reparations and perhaps forcing a clean-up of the area. Although, since it used statistics, the study was not able to prove definitive cause and effect, it did establish that the more exposure residents had to water from two contaminated wells, the higher their risks of leukemia and other diseases. Woburn's childhood leukemia rate is two and a half times the national average. A group of six families has already made plans for a lawsuit...
...town of Woburn was fortunate to have SPH experts to corroborate their fears. The team provided a valuable precedent for such volunteer studies, and they have performed a commendable service both to Woburn and to the general public. But they are only one of countless other industrial towns in the country that may be suffering from as yet unproven effects from hazardous waste disposal. It is too early to tell how much of an impact the new legislation, if passed, will have on the problem. But it is a step in the right direction, and a lead that...