When it was opened in 1948, the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island in New York was supposed to be a temporary measure of only five years duration. Built on a wetlands with no liner to prevent groundwater contamination, the site has been kept in operation through legally mandated containment and monitoring fixes. As public awareness about the negative impacts of living near a landfill grew, making relocation difficult, extension after extension kept the landfill operating until 2001.

Environmental Studies Collection

garbage, solid waste disposal, trash, landfills, groundwater contamination, leachate, underliner, health effects, groundwater monitoring wells, odor, respiratory illnesses, asthma, environmental pollution, property value devaluation, Department of Sanitation, Waste, Part I

Environmental Science, Introduction to Ecology, Preserving the Legacy 2: Introduction to Environmental Technology

Devereaux, Megan (Performer), Gibbs, Louis (Performer), Gleason, Phillip (Performer), Hirst, Martha (Performer), INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications (Firm)

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Name	INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications
Role	Distributor
Telephone	800-576-2988 x122
Address	150 E. Colorado Blvd. Ste. 300, Pasadena, CA 91105
Email	[email protected]

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