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Ken-Popcorn t1_iywe5gs wrote

Reply to comment by kellmoops in Why are houses in Randolph so cheap? by Clementine823

The Baird McGuire site was rigorously cleaned and is actively monitored. No water is taken from that area any longer, and I don’t think that Randolph ever drew water from there. If anything, the legacy of Baird McGuire is better water in the area

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Ex-Pat-Spaz t1_iywj9p2 wrote

Are you a lawyer for the defendant, perhaps?

Sad when people don’t read all the links provided. They are still cleaning it up and yes, contaminated water got into the drinking water.

https://eu.patriotledger.com/story/news/2014/03/01/three-decades-costly-cleanup-at/38587790007/

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>By then, toxins from the plant had contaminated the soil and the town’s nearby South Street drinking-water wells.
Thirty-five outraged neighbors filed suit against Baird & McGuire. They compared it to Love Canal in western New York, one of the nation’s most publicized Superfund sites, and claimed pollution-induced cancer and other health problems.

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Ken-Popcorn t1_iyy435q wrote

I was there. Why would you think I was defending anyone? My point was that because of that problem, the water is better monitored and tested than it is in most communities

The property is adjacent to wells that Holbrook used, and my statement was that I don’t think Randolph drew any water from there. The reservoir that Randolph used is on the other side of the town on the Braintree border

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SmellsofElderberry25 t1_iywgibr wrote

Unfortunately not. According to the 2020 update they are evaluating

>new options for groundwater
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>remediation that involve injecting chemicals into the
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>groundwater plume to prevent arsenic and other
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>contaminants from entering groundwater. Because
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>the efficiency of the pump-and-treat system has been
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>in steady decline, EPA and MassDEP have been
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>exploring the potential for alternative treatment
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>methods that could result in a faster and more
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>effective cleanup.

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Ken-Popcorn t1_iyy4lny wrote

Unfortunately not what?

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SmellsofElderberry25 t1_iyy6q2m wrote

Unfortunately it was not rigorously (or effectively) cleaned up. I’m glad they they stopped pulling water from that reservoir since I was drinking it!

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Ken-Popcorn t1_iyynq1u wrote

I would say that the fact that they built an incinerator on site, then excavated and burned the soil for years, among other measures, is a pretty rigorous cleanup

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