Gowanus Canal Area Cleanup Campaign

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This campaign is a joint effort between the Environmental Health Research Group (successor to Toxics Targeting) and voiceofgowanus.org. Please visit their web site to learn more about this campaign.

News Coverage, Videos and Documents

Toxics Targeting and Voice of Gowanus Release Previously Withheld Gowanus Canal Area Indoor Air Contamination Results That Document Extraordinarily High-Level Trichloroethylene Threats to Thousands of Residents

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Coalition Letter Which Requests That Governor Hochul Comprehensively Remediate All Toxic Sites in the Gowanus Canal Community to “Pre-Disposal Conditions.”

Public Health and Environmental Toxic Threats Along the Gowanus Canal That Reportedly Do Not Meet All Applicable Cleanup Standards

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514 Union Street, Brooklyn Trichloroethylene Contamination Cleanup Alert

Toxics Targeting/Voice of Gowanus Soil Gas Vapor Concern News Event, 3/14/23

EPA’s Gowanus Canal Remedial Project Manager, Christos Tsiamis, publicly confirms Voice of Gowanus’ assertion that the State Department of Environmental Conservation’s proposed cleanup of the Public Place Manufactured Gas Plant site is fundamentally inadequate to protect public health and must be revised.

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EPA letter to Susan Edwards, Acting Director, NYSDEC Division of Environmental Remediation regarding the Former Citizens Gas Works Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP) site

Please Do Not Adopt the Fatally Flawed Proposed “expedited cleanup of contamination at 514 Union Street,” Brownfield Site # C224318

Write a Personalized Letter to Governor Hochul to Request a Comprehensive Cleanup of All Toxic Sites in the Gowanus Canal Community to “pre-disposal conditions” in Strict Compliance With New York State Law

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Gowanus Canal CBS News 11-17-2022 Video

Voice of Gowanus Activists Ask Governor Hochul to Clean Up their Gowanus Canal Community NOW!

Toxics Targeting/Voice of Gowanus News Conference 11-17-2022

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Statement of Margaret Maugenest, Long-Term Gowanus Canal Community Resident and Cancer Survivor

Gowanus Canal News Conference – 11/17/2022

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Gowanus Canal Photos – 11/17/2022