The federal
Environmental Protection Agency has chosen to select the pool cover and
babysitting option for the leaking toxic slop pits dumped by Ford Motor Co. in
Ringwood State Park and the Upper Ringwood Community. As the executive director
of the nonprofit Edison Wetlands Association, I chaired and provided
independent technical engineers' support to the community for more than a
decade. This included environmental engineers, groundwater geologists and
environmental and human health risk assessment experts.
In June 2017, EWA also
funded emergency independent sampling of chemical seeps and found several
alarming poisons actively discharging from Ringwood State Park into residential
areas. Past sampling by Ford's contractors also identified lead, dioxin, arsenic
and other chemicals at levels that pose an unacceptable risk, according to the
EPA’s own documents. This information alone is alarming enough to warrant
action; however, the EPA has recently added 1,4-dioxane (a synthetic chemical
linked to Ford’s paint waste) to the chemicals of concern list, and it has been
found at high levels in groundwater and surface water.
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