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Toxic Flood Fears in the Bronx
By jessicaglazer | January 2nd, 2013 | 
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- Published in: Mott Haven Herald
Tanisia Morris
BLOOMING MESS: Vanessa Polanco cleaned up her shop, Verde Flowers, after flooding from Sandy.
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While Hurricane Sandy left the South Bronx waterfront relatively intact, some environmentalists worry that the industrial and brownfield sites along the water could flood in the future and contaminate the neighborhood.
“Whenever there is a risk of flooding, then you have issues with what gets up out of the soil and spreads around the community,” said Gavin Kearney of New York Lawyers for the Public Interest.
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