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Tag: ToxiCity Map

Radio(active) City: Is the Wolff-Alport site a new priority at the EPA?

by Lucie Levine November 27, 2017November 27, 2017

New York City is a super city. We have it all. But sometimes, having it all means warts-and-all, as is the case with the city’s three Federal Superfund sites. Superfund […]

All Eyes On You, G Train — The Hook-Up 8/12

by Steph Koyfman August 12, 2016August 11, 2016

  NAG’s beta-test for its ToxiCity Map is over. Now, take a gander at the fully complete version of this interactive guide to the environmental hazards lurking in your backyard. […]

NuHart Plastics Dance Party Shutdown + Important Superfund Meeting Monday 11/02

by Aaron Simon November 1, 2015November 4, 2015

Last night Cityfox, mega-party organizers behind Bushwick’s smash-hit Brooklyn Mirage, selected Greenpoint’s NuHart Plastics facility to host the ghouls and gals as they danced into the pale Halloween moonlight. To the horror of the 4,500-plus ticket […]

More Toxic Secrets In This Rare 1980s ‘Hazardous Neighbors’ Brooklyn Study

by Aaron Simon October 30, 2015October 31, 2015

It’s been a busy couple of weeks in the world of toxic chemicals, specifically as they pertain to Greenpoint. First, Neighbors Allied For Good Growth (NAG) released the ToxiCity Map to bring […]

Tomorrow (10/20), ToxiCity Map Reveals Greenpoint & Williamsburg’s Contamination Trail

by Aaron Simon October 19, 2015October 19, 2015

Did you know that North Brooklyn’s industrial legacy left behind an alphabet soup of toxins – TCE, PCBs, phthalates, benzene, and many other chemicals – that’s lingering beneath the surface in many sections […]

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