M1 Industrial Area - How Safe Are We??

Why do we have Cancer Clusters in Washingtonville

M1 Industrial Area

The Village plans to change zoning, possibly to revitalize the M1 industrial district. First, understand the area: there are 10 brownfields in Mamaroneck, 7 in the industrial zone (11 properties total) and 1 Superfund site.

Several sites — ITT Selectro, Blood Brother Junk Yard, M. Argueso and EMC — began around 1960 and ran for about 50 years. For the first decade they operated with no oversight until the EPA and state DEC were created in 1970. That raises questions about what commercial chemicals were used and where did they go? Can we compare VOM to Keyport, NJ or Bethpage, NY?

Contamination remains: Hydro Quest found pollutants behind the old ITT Selectro building in 2016. The 2023 dredging report by Alpha Analytical detected VOCs in dredged material from the industrial area. Residents also report cancer diagnoses among workers on Northrop Ave. WHAT’S GOING ON?? Click the link here Washingtonville - YouTube you’ll find out!

Key Questions:

What chemicals were used during the early, unregulated years? Why do contaminants persist at ITT Selectro and in dredged sediments? What is being done to investigate and protect public health and workers in the M1 industrial area and the surrounding residents in the Washingtonville area?

Check out the brownfield locations. VOM NYS DEC Remediation Database Locations — CHECK IT OUT!!! Click below

NYS DEC Remediation Database

Data Collection began in 2023 and is ongoing. So far, we’ve identified more than 50 Washingtonville residents with current or past cancer, covering 21 different cancer types. Why?

Table listing cancer types and data collected in 2023, including leukemia, thyroid, bladder, brain, breast, kidney, lung, bone, lymphoma, melanoma, liver, ovarian, pancreatic, and stomach cancers.

LEGACY HISTORY: In the Village of Mamaroneck, 10 brownfields continue to burden our community, with seven clustered in the Industrial M1 Zone, including one legacy Superfund site. For decades, residents living near these areas have carried the weight of pollution, neglect, and unanswered health concerns. The timeline below documents FOUR long‑term violators whose operations spanned more than fifty years, from 1960 through 2015, leaving behind contamination that still affects our air, soil, water, and quality of life today. This is not ancient history — it is an ongoing environmental injustice. The BOLD RED TEXT indicates, you guess it, cancer causing in humans. Why does the cancer cluster surface just the area in Washingtonville around the Plaza Ave corridor - THIS IS NOT A COINCIDENCE!!

Timeline chart showing former M. Argueso and Co., Inc. from 1960 to 2003, former EMCA site from 1968 to 1988, ITT Selectro from 1960 to 1988, and Blood Brothers Superfund site from 1960 to 2010.

Below, list of legacy chemical spills name of familiar companies and locations. Is this why Northrup Ave has such a high rate of cancer?

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Table listing confirmed hazardous waste disposed types at Happiness Laundry, 613 Waverly Ave, Mamaroneck, NY: trichloroethene (TCE), dichloroethene (DCE), and vinyl chloride (VC), with quantities listed as unknown.
Spreadsheet listing confirmed hazardous waste disposal types at Former M.P. August Co. in Mamaroneck, New York, including ethene, chlorinated solvents, benzene, and trichloroethene.
Table listing confirmed hazardous waste disposal types at ITT Selectro in Mamaroneck, NY, including trichloroethylene and other chlorinated solvents, with quantities marked unknown.
Table for NYS DEC Brownfield Cleanup Program site 360034, identifying Blood Brother Auto Wreckers in Mamaroneck, NY, with listed hazardous wastes including benzene, toluene, xylene, ethylbenzene, trichloroethylene, styrene, and acetone.