The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says, an elementary school located near a federal Superfund site in Brunswick is safe, but a local environmental group isn’t so sure.
Altama Elementary sits next to one of the nation’s largest toxic cleanups. The contaminated Hercules Landfill has been tested for years.
Now the E.P.A. and local environmentalists disagree over whether more tests are needed. Daniel Parshley of the Glynn Environmental Coalition says even the E.P.A. admits it used the wrong method to test for a potentially dangerous chemical at the site.
“We requested that the E.P.A. undertake this testing and received a response in May that they did not intend to do any further sampling,” says Parsley. “We hope the school is safe. But we need facts and not hope.”
An E.P.A spokesman says, no further tests are needed because the school is safe. The Glynn County School Board is considering whether to join the environmental group in its call for a proper testing method to be used at the school.
Altama Elementary sits next to one of the nation’s largest toxic cleanups. The contaminated Hercules Landfill has been tested for years.
Now the E.P.A. and local environmentalists disagree over whether more tests are needed. Daniel Parshley of the Glynn Environmental Coalition says even the E.P.A. admits it used the wrong method to test for a potentially dangerous chemical at the site.
“We requested that the E.P.A. undertake this testing and received a response in May that they did not intend to do any further sampling,” says Parsley. “We hope the school is safe. But we need facts and not hope.”
An E.P.A spokesman says, no further tests are needed because the school is safe. The Glynn County School Board is considering whether to join the environmental group in its call for a proper testing method to be used at the school.
