GREENWICH – Cancer-causing pollutants have been confirmed in new locations in Greenwich.
The Stamford Advocate reports soil tests at Byram Park have revealed high levels of arsenic and an “ash type material” while tests at the Armstrong Court public housing complex found trace amounts of cancer-causing polychlorinated biphenyls , or PCBs, and other dangerous heavy metals.
Two years ago, tests at Greenwich High School revealed high levels of PCBs and other toxins. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers also found high levels of PCBs in Greenwich Harbor in 2012.
Environmental activists suggest arsenic and ash found at Byram Park came from landfill from the town’s old trash incinerator or a local power plant. But town officials suggest the pollutants may have come from other sources.
