Government Officials May Have Mishandled DDT Superfund Site
Health experts are questioning the Environmental Protection Agency and Michigan state officials for their decades-long delays in cleanup of a Superfund site that is killing songbirds in yards, possibly leaving people at risk, too
Aug 6, 2014 |By Brian Bienkowski and Environmental Health News
Velsicol site
The city of St. Louis won a nearly $30 million settlement against Velsicol for the contamination of its water supply, but residents said they don't care about any monetary judgments. They would rather have their good health back.
Health experts are questioning the Environmental Protection Agency and Michigan state officials for their decades-long delays in cleanup of a Superfund site that is killing songbirds in yards, possibly leaving people at risk, too.
After years of complaints from residents, researchers recently reported that robins and other birds are dropping dead from DDT poisoning in the mid-Michigan town of St. Louis, which was contaminated by an old chemical plant.
?The more we know about DDT the more dangerous we find out it is for wildlife, yes, but humans, too,? said Dr. David Carpenter, director of the University at Albany - State University of New York's School of Public Health and an expert in Superfund cleanups...
