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Village of Mamaroneck, NY Community Environmental Watch
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Interviews by local residents about the flooding and nearby cancer cluster. Click the green link above to hear their first hand accounts!!
WASHINGTONVILLE’s “BIG STINK”
Have residents around Plaza Avenue noticed the relentless odor coming from the Transfer Station? It’s been there for over 2 decades. The stench of rotting garbage hangs in the air throughout the day, even while the masking agent VAPORDOX is being sprayed.
What exactly is VAPORDOX, and is it safe to breathe?
And what about the constant, disruptive beeping from the trucks? We should not have to live like this. IT'S BEEN GOING ON WAY TO LONG!!!
The irony is hard to ignore...If New York State once recognized that burning garbage was too dangerous for public health, why are we tolerating a modern version of the same problem with the Transfer Station?
Every day, we look at that old smokestack — a relic from the era when Mamaroneck burned garbage on‑site. New York State phased out those small municipal incinerators because the DEC imposed stricter air‑quality standards to protect public health. So how is it that, decades later, we’re allowing a private business to vent foul garbage odors and chemical masking agents directly into our air?
VOM RESIDENTS SPEAK UP THIS IS NOT THE NORM!!
This Month’s Update: M1 Industrial Area — Read more about the industrial area. Click Here, M1 Story Click Here, New Blog Stories
The views below show the WASHINGTONVILLE Community, with historic brownfield and industrial sites located near residential homes within the same floodplain.
For the families who live here, concerns about what may happen when these industrial properties flood are deeply troubling. Residents deserve clear answers about whether contaminants may be present and whether flooding could carry those contaminants into surrounding residential areas.
Without comprehensive environmental testing, important questions remain unanswered.
Could environmental contamination be affecting the health of Washingtonville residents? Our community deserves answers.
Has a cancer cluster developed here?
M1 Industrial Area - Above, After six decades of commercial brownfields sitting directly atop an active aquifer, one critical question remains — is there a contamination plume? How contaminated is the Mamaroneck Aquifer?
ABOVE…An aerial view of Washingtonville shows historic brownfield locations pressed against homes, all in the same floodplain separated only by the Sheldrake River. When long‑ignored brownfields flood, decades of pollution spread. What happens when contaminated industrial sites repeatedly flood beside people’s homes, and why has a cancer cluster emerged here?
