"The modeling, by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, shows that levels of ortho-toluidine in some areas are seven times the state’s safety guideline."
"Recent computer modeling shows that the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company’s chemical plant in Niagara Falls, New York, is releasing a bladder carcinogen into nearby neighborhoods at levels up to seven times the state’s safety guideline.
The modeling, done by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) using Goodyear data on emissions of the chemical ortho-toluidine, has triggered a burst of activity outside the plant. Advocates have asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to issue an emergency order that would force Goodyear to rein in its emissions and plan to hand out leaflets in the affected neighborhoods this week.
Anne Rabe, a volunteer with the group Don’t Waste New York who is leading those efforts, blames the DEC and the New York State Department of Health for allowing the community to be exposed to a chemical deemed so dangerous that the state significantly tightened the airborne limit for it in 2021."
Jim Morris and Emyle Watkins report for Public Health Watch December 18, 2024.
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