Before the book, A Civil Action , was published, and before the movie based on that book was produced, Environmental News Reporter, Susan Kathryn Hefti, probed the complex contamination, and resulting environmental investigations, of the industrial sites that contributed to the carcinogenic contamination of the drinking water - wells G & H in Woburn, MA - that created what was, at that time, the largest known Childhood Leukemia Cancer Cluster in the United States. In the following excerpt from ECOTALK - an environmental news talk show created, researched, written and hosted for WROR-FM in Boston, by Environmental News Reporter Susan Kathryn Hefti - Hefti hosts Gretchen Latowsky, Director of FACE, an Environmental Group in Woburn, MA, and Elaine Kruger, Deputy Director, Woburn Environment and Birth Study, for a roundtable discussion of what really happened in Woburn . You can listen to the Woburn excerpt from ECOTALK by simply clicking on this link . For more environmental news...
Years of environmental assaults on Long Island Sound - including oil spills, storm drain run-off, untreated sewage discharges, chemical leaks and the medical waste disaster known as the Syringe Tide - took a heavy toll on CT’s fishing industry, beaches and economy. So in 1989, then Senators Joseph Lieberman and Christopher Dodd introduced the Long Island Sound Improvement Act intended to create a coordinated effort to clean up, manage and conserve this vital body of water. Environmental News Reporter Susan Kathryn Hefti was there to cover it all. In this particular environmental news report, Hefti speaks with Senator Joseph Lieberman about The Long Island Sound Improvement Act. You can hear the related environmental news story Hefti filed by simply clicking on this link . For more environmental news stories reported by Susan Kathryn Hefti, please continue to explore the digital archive of her work @ Susan Kathryn Hefti Environmental News Reporter Archive . To le...