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(1/4) Boston University professor @nathanpboston began a hunger strike yesterday as part of his ongoing protest over a natural gas compressor station in Weymouth.

Phillips is demanding:
-That the state enforce decontamination measures for vehicles leaving the property
(2/4) -That old burner bricks throughout the site be tested for asbestos
-And that the state install new air quality monitors at the site.

(Read more about his demands here: bit.ly/3aU2MAD)
(3/4) For background on what the Weymouth Compressor project is, and why it's so controversial, check out this explainer: wbur.org/earthwhile/201…
(4/4) And for more information about the pollution on site and what the company building the compressor is promising to do about it, check out this story: wbur.org/earthwhile/201…
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