Thread by @emaglioTC

We spent hours at last night's Braintree Town Council meeting getting updates in the wake of the @CleanHarbors chemical fire. We heard from the agencies that exist to keep us safe. We learned they are deeply flawed. Let's break this down. #maspoli 1/

Say your neighbor has a certain perfume that smells great. One day they get another bottle, and they spritz both of them on, and they smell great together. Eventually, they're buying all the perfume that can fit on their bureau, spritzing all of them on throughout the day. 2/

Now their scent is making you sneeze, is lingering on your clothes, is getting on your kid's car seat, is in your partner's hair, etc. You start to smell so much of it so often that you're sneezing, breaking out in hives, having allergic reactions, etc. 3/

You bring this up to your neighbor, but they are indignant, showing you a bottle and insisting it's not too strong. When you argue back that it IS too strong because it's on top of SO MANY OTHER layers of perfume they're wearing, your neighbor says it doesn't matter! 4/

Neighbor says amount worn together doesn't matter because each one by itself is TOTALLY FINE. Whelp, the @MassDEP is your neighbor, piling on all those layers of scent, and the scents are carcinogens emitted by places like @CleanHarbors, @CITGO, @Enbridge compressor, etc. 5/

The @gb_psr health impact report points out the flawed regulatory process at DEP, such as failure to consider existing air pollution levels and population vulnerabilities, and no quantitative, cumulative risk assessment for exposures to soil and groundwater contaminants. 6/

Please take the time to read this: gbpsr.org/.../health.../…
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