The Newtown Creek is one of the most polluted bodies of water in the nation, fouled by more than a century of sewage overflows, oil spills and industrial waste. Now, the EPA's plan to clean the toxic estuary may now take five years longer than expected.
The waters of the Newtown Creek have been polluted by more than a century of industrial waste, including heavy metals, pesticides and carcinogenic chemicals.“My family has been slammed with environmentally linked diseases and birth defects and all kinds of crap. I could go down a list that would make the hairs on your neck stand up,” said Hofmann, who has been working to clean up Newtown Creek and her neighborhood since the 1980s.
In an attempt to speed up the Superfund process, the EPA is now proposing to split the cleanup into smaller units, as opposed to conducting the entire remediation all at once. Their plan is to focus on the creek’s East Branch, where they would conduct an expedited project to help determine the best approach for their larger cleanup.
“It’s hard not to get into a comparison,” said Elkins. “Newtown Creek is much bigger, and we appreciate that the scale of the problem is very large. But at the end of the day, you can’t help but feel like we are not getting the resources or the strong will of the government.”
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