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Toxic dump Superfund settlement

Description: EPA settles local Superfund cleanup case, citing industry's responsibility to dispose of hazardous waste safely. Cannons Engineering toxic dump site in Bridgewater. Michael Deland announces penalties.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/03/1988

Toxic waste incineration

Description: Environmentalists criticize EPA for encouraging incineration of toxic waste. Clean Harbors.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/17/1989

Toxic waste off Gloucester

Description: Fishing boat picked up toxic waste barrel 120 miles off Gloucester. Crew suffered from fumes. Coast Guard could not identify illegal dumper. Bright green residue corrodes styrofoam cup.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/07/1991

Toxic waste oversight costs

Description: DEQE proposes to hand off charges for oversight of toxic waste cleanup to the companies (such as W.R. Grace) which cause environmental damage.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/04/1988

W.R. GRACE

Description: SETTLEMENT OF W.R. GRACE CONTAMINATION / LEUKEMIA CASE. B-ROLL OF PLAINTIFFS. TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH EXTERIOR IN WOBURN. Jan Schlichtmann, Michael Keating.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/22/1986

W.R. Grace and Beatrice Foods

Description: BEATRICE FOODS CLEARED, W.R. GRACE GUILTY OF DUMPING CHEMICALS IN WOBURN. Hazardous waste, leukemia. Jan Schlichtmann, Jerome Facher.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 07/28/1986

W.R. Grace contamination

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.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/18/1986

W.R. Grace site in North Cambridge

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.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/14/1979

Woburn awaits Superfund cleanup

Description: Woburn hazardous waste cleanup awaits Superfund reauthorization. EPA regional administrator Michael Deland says “public health is not being threatened at the Woburn site.” Rep. Edward Markey.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 11/26/1985

Woburn hazardous waste

Description: Footage of a hazardous waste dump site in Woburn. Building surrounded by trees, close-up of building door with lock; pans over grassy area around building. Footage of worn down old chemical plant and train tracks running by it; "POISON" sign hanging from corrugated metal building; field and buildings behind chain link fence; freight train with lumber passes by. Piles of barrels behind chain link fence. Barbed wire fence stretches length of railway.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/17/1981