Now How Safe is Former Superfund Dioxin Site in Wildwood?
Environmental Protection Agency officials will deliver results of a recent reassessment report, and take questions Thursday evening at a public open house at 7 p.m. See why this report is so critical.
Wildwood city officials and residents alike are holding their breaths to see what Environmental Protection Agency Region 7 team members will tell them Thursday evening about the current risks and overall safety of a certain portion of the city that still remains on the Final National Priorities List (NPL). This is a list on which the environmental group keeps known releases or threatened releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants throughout the United States and its territories. The NPL guides EPA experts' decisions regarding which sites warrant further investigation. The Bliss-Ellisville Superfund site, located in what is now Wildwood, went on the NPL in 1983. EPA's present designation of this site is reflected as the "…
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