Description: Secretary of the Treasury W. Michael Blumenthal speaks at Quincy Market. Sponsored by New England Regional Commission. Carol Greenwald, state banking commissioner, in audience. Questions touch on decline of dollar value, unemployment rate, Federal Reserve and monetary policy, inflation and risk of recession.
Description: SETTLEMENT OF W.R. GRACE CONTAMINATION / LEUKEMIA CASE. B-ROLL OF PLAINTIFFS. TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH EXTERIOR IN WOBURN. Jan Schlichtmann, Michael Keating.
Description: Cover of Woburn Health Study, report from Harvard School of Public Health on contamination of the water supply from W.R. Grace toxic waste. Push pins on map showing locations of childhood leukemia victims. Wood Street sign and traffic on winter day.
Description: W.R. Grace silo tower, tanks, and industrial buildings in Alewife area of North Cambridge. Barrel tipped over on snowy ground. Smoke or steam issuing from exhaust stacks and vents. Corroded sign on post in ground “Danger Acid.” Pool of sludge adjacent to building. Big blue tank surrounded by rusted pipes. Indeterminate tan substance spread over ground next to bleachers. Interview with Mr. Stuart (of MBTA?) about chemical analysis of conditions on the future construction site of the red line extension tunnel. “We're getting strange high acid readings in the ground water” but not sure exactly what kind of contamination.