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From: Robert Emro
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 00:00
Date: Tue, 25 Apr 1995 00:00
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I am researching the Boston Zoning Board of Appeal's decision to site an asphalt plant in a low income neighborhood despite a groundswell of opposition from residents and other city agencies, including the mayor's environmental office. I just spoke with the man who was the acting chairman of the board at the time, and he said that two scientific reports had convinced him that the emissions from the bituminous tar plant would not significantly impact local air quality, nor pose any health threats, despite residents concerns that the emissions could be carcinogenic. If you are a credible source on the health risks associated with asphalt plant emissions I would like to interview you for my story. I would also like to talk with anyone about similar cases of alleged environmental injustice, in order to give my story national scope. If you'd like to help, my e-mail address is remro@bu.edu. Thanks! Robert Emro (617) 787-0408
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10df74,9f6161845b446abe,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10df74,public From: remro@bu.edu (Robert Emro) Subject: asphalt plants Date: 1995/04/25 Message-ID: <3njo7m$1qb@news.bu.edu> X-Deja-AN: 101634914 organization: Boston University keywords: asphalt, bituminous, justice newsgroups: ca.environment summary: Info request