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Date: Jul 30, 2019 12:21 UTC

Author: DCHAS Membership Chair <membership**At_Symbol_Here**DCHAS.ORG>

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Subject: [DCHAS-L] Open Position: EHS Coordinator at MIT

Date: Jul 30, 2019 15:38 UTC

Author: Whitney Rochelle Hess <wrhess**At_Symbol_Here**MIT.EDU>

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From: Rob Toreki <info**At_Symbol_Here**ILPI.COM>

Subject: Re: [DCHAS-L] Is lead sheeting a source of lead dust? And-Chemical Exposure question...

Date: Jul 30, 2019 12:21 UTC

Reply-To: ACS Division of Chemical Health and Safety

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On Jul 29, 2019, at 3:24 PM, Harold Ingmire <hingmire**At_Symbol_Here**WHIPMIX.COM> wrote:

The hard part of lead is the lack of knowledge and ignoring of proven science - proof being people still smoke cigarettes.

And don't forget those without a moral compass in which case you end up with situations like this one we have locally:

https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/south-jersey/2019/07/16/matteo-sons-superfund-site-west-deptford-nj-cleanup-cost-72-million/1676810001/

https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2016/10/04/south-jersey-neighborhood-ripped-apart-over-search-for-contaminated-batteries/

https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/2016/07/12/houses-built-potential-superfund-site/86953326/

That $72 million tab falls on all of us as Congress long ago decided that SuperFund being funded by a user/producer tax on companies that make and deal with hazmats would be a terrible burden on those poor companies. Another fine example of privatizing gains and having the taxpayers pick up the losses https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/taxpayer-dollars-fund-most-oversight-and-cleanup-costs-at-superfund-sites/2017/09/20/aedcd426-8209-11e7-902a-2a9f2d808496_story.html

And this is just one of 113 Superfund sites in New Jersey. With 1,300 nationwide. The math is staggering.

Rob Toreki

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