From the Ithaca Journal (NY):
Contamination is not being removed as expected, and there may be more of it from more places than imagined.
As an exercise in science, the present reality is unsatisfying. As a condition under which human beings are allowed to live, this reality is unacceptable.
For decades we’ve let this situation to linger. Emerson, which didn’t make the mess, has done what’s been demanded to clean it up. They have even promised to try new methods and test new areas to fight the TCE contamination. State agencies, at times lagging behind Emerson’s effort, have done what the political winds demanded, which translated into precious little until recent years.
It is time to admit that we can no longer dabble in this problem. We must dive in.
Read the full editorial.
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