Toledo - Lucas County: Now that thousands of North Toledo residents apparently have gotten past the immediate threat of airborne chemicals from a burning landfill, attention shifts to a courtroom today where a judge will to determine whether to impose permanent restrictions. [...] Based on the first round of sample results, it appears residents dodged a bullet, officials said. The most contaminated part of the plume remained within the landfill site and adjacent industrial land, Mr. Zgondzinski said. Results from Friday’s air sampling came back low or negative for most of the major pollutants likely to be found, said Betsy Nightingale, an on-scene coordinator for U.S. EPA’s emergency response branch. She said there were high levels of sooty particles. They included the smallest particles, which the U.S. EPA has said are capable of causing permanent lung damage because of how deeply they can be inhaled into lungs. toledoblade/Medical/2014/05/06/Health-issues-averted-from-burning-landfill.html
Posted on: Fri, 09 May 2014 20:37:33 +0000
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