Berkley neighbors claim tannery dump site causing cancer
Citizens in Berkley, MA, population 6,200 citizens in southeastern Massachusetts (source: Berkely fire chief) , say a local dump site is causing cancer.
In a story subtitled “What if where one chose to live dictated whether or not they died of cancer?,” the Taunton Gazette reports:
A group of neighbors on Burt Street claims this may be the case, because they say a toxic waste cleanup site may not have been properly purified.
The site is part of a North Main Street property, known as Cranberry Crossing, that was used from the mid-1930s to the 1960s as a tannery waste dumping ground.”
A developer plans to build on this land and residents are upset.
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