Volunteers needed to help with Old Smokey survey
Old Smokey, the incinerator that created the ash that contaminated many Miami parks was just off of Grand Avenue, next to Armbrister Park, the fire department has a training facility on the site today. A University of Miami study that found a cancer cluster was shut down and there is no remaining data, so the Committee is out to get answers.
They will be meeting at Armbrister Park at 9:30 am on Saturday morning and walking the Village West around the former site of the incinerator. They will be in teams of two or three encouraging residents to fill out the questionnaire. They'll start walking the neighborhood from 10 am to 1 pm.
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ARE there cancer clusters in the Grove from contamination? Are current residents or park-goers at risk?
The alleged cluster is around the site of the former incinerator, not the whole Grove.
Has the school board tested the grounds of Carver elementary and middle schools? Are generations of school children at risk?
UM Epidemiology department did conduct a study and did find a cluster, but that study got shut down and the results are gone. So there is no available evidence of the actual cluster.
The UM Law Dept's Center for Ethics and Justice recently got a nice grant to re-open that study. It's focusing on the homes in the West Grove. We visited dozens of homes this morning and met people with the sad memories of growing up under the stinking billowing smoke and ash every morning.
So wait--how far east could the cluster extend? What is the radius? How does this work? Is the stuff built up in the ground?
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