Somebody Obviously Huffed A Ton Of White Out In Grade School . . .
When you put it this way, the contamination in Newtown Creek seems almost pleasant:
Investigators probing a toxic underground chemical plume in Greenpoint have discovered groundwater with levels of a cancer-causing cleaning solvent more than 14 million times the state standard.
“We got hit in the face with it before we got our gear on,” said state Department of Environmental Conservation project manager David Harrington, adding that water contaminated with PCE splashed out while his crew was doing repair work.
“It smelled like White-Out times a thousand with a lot of sugar thrown in for a couple seconds until my nasal lining burned out,” he said. “That’s pure product.”
Location Scout: Newtown Creek.
Posted: February 18th, 2010 | Filed under: Brooklyn, We're All Gonna Die!