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  • Call NumberGEHP_0083
  • Summary"(1:14) Nuhart & Company plastics plant in Greenpoint -- (2:51) Trichloroethylene plume and Superfund site -- (4:11) Oversight of remediation of Nuhart site and concern over proposed neighborhood school -- ( 5:20) Health problems for neighboring residents -- (5:50) Department of Environmental Conservation’s (DEC) proposed remediation plan -- (6:00) Neighbors Allied for Good Growth (NAG) advocating for the community -- (08:00) Strategies and concerns for NuHart remediation -- (10:18) Transparency of DEC in remediation plans -- (11:37) Rave in NuHart -- (12:34) Importance of community input on cleanup to protect neighborhood -- (14:57) Newtown Creek Superfund site -- (16:35) ExxonMobile oil spilling into Creek -- (17:54) City continues to pollute Creek because of the Combined Sewage Overflow (CSO) -- (19:00) Newtown Creek Community Superfund Site Advisory Group -- (22:15) Meeker Avenue Plume -- ( 25:17) Volatile chemicals and vapor intrusion -- (27:10) Superfund sites not historically given necessary attention -- (28:08) Resistance of residents to having homes tested for contamination -- (29:27) DEC still trying to find sources of Meeker Avenue Plumb contamination -- (30:44) New residents don’t know the environmental issues in the neighborhood "
  • Date2018-11-01
  • Physical Description1 sound file (32 min.) : digital, MP3
  • CreatorSchade, Mike
  • Cite AsGreenpoint Environmental History Project, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Digital Public Library of AmericaThis item is represented in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
  • Formatsound recording-nonmusical
  • GenreinterviewsMP3
  • NoteAudio interview conducted on November 1, 2018, by Acacia Thompson on Flatbush Ave. in Prospect Lefferts, Brooklyn. Collected through Our Streets, Our Stories, an oral history project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is funded through the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund.
  • SubjectGreenpoint (New York, N.Y.) ; Phthalate esters ; Pollution--Health aspects--United States ; ExxonMobil Petroleum and Chemical (Firm) ; New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation ; New York (N.Y.). Department of Environmental Protection ; Chemical spills ; Urban pollution ; Factory and trade waste--Environmental aspects ; Superfund sites ; Waterfronts ; United States Environmental Protection Agency
  • PlaceGreenpoint (New York, N.Y.)
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  • TitleOral history interview with Mike Schade conducted on 2018 November 1.