Tag: dioxins

Treatment

By Mickey Friedman December 26, 2018 If there’s something more dangerous than PCBs, it’s dioxin. It’s about 8,000 miles from EPA Region 1 headquarters in Boston to the Danang air base in Vietnam. I wish it was closer because the…

RIP – Solutions

February 22, 2017 By Mickey Friedman So the Community Development Corporation of South Berkshire (CDCSB) purchased the PCP and dioxin contaminated former home of New England Log Homes at 100 Bridge Street in Great Barrington committed to create a mix…

RIP – The Problem

February 15, 2017 By Mickey Friedman Interested in PIP, the Public Involvement Process for the contaminated New England Log Homes site (NELH) in Great Barrington? Then it’s time for RIP, the Phase IV Remedy Implementation Plan – Revision 3. And…

PIP

January 22, 2017 By Mickey Friedman PIP has come to town. Not the Pip of Charles Dickens, though hopefully this PIP is indeed a sign of great expectations. PIP is the formal public involvement process for the toxic waste site…

Parts Per Trillion

By Mickey Friedman September 9, 2016 The story of 100 Bridge Street in Great Barrington is a story of failure. And while it’s convenient to cast blame, the real responsibility lies with those at New England Log Homes who made…