When Steve Wynn first proposed his Everett casino, his promise to clean up a long-neglected brownfield there was a major selling point. That promise reminded us of something else: the old Monsanto site is just one of hundreds of polluted parcels that dot Massachusetts.
Environmental attorney Jan Schlichtmann was involved in one of the most notorious industrial pollution cases of our time: the contamination of groundwater in Woburn by W.R. Grace.
Kerry Bowie is the brownfields coordinator at the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection.
Read a 2012 report on toxic sites in Massachusetts from WGBH News’ partner the New England Center for Investigative Reporting. And check out Environmental Protection Agency’s map of toxic and cleanup sites near you.
