Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Former Denver Water workers come forward about illegal asbestos dumping

Several former Denver Water workers have come forward to confess they were told to illegally dump asbestos as well as other poisonous chemicals twenty years ago during a site which is to turn a west corridor RTD FasTracks line as well as a new light rail station. One former employee, Joseph Pacheco, said which Denver Water forced him as well as his co-workers to keep quiet about it, yet they cant keep quiet anymore. They have been ill because of a contamination, as well as they fright which work crews will be unprotected to a dangerous rubbish when they proceed working upon a tyrannise line.

Denver Water issued a matter which it was a single of most companies which might have likely of rubbish in suitability with a regulations of a time in a past, yet which they did not have any responsibility for a landfill. They additionally stated which they have regularly followed all Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment (CDPHE) asbestos regulations.

While a single environmental investigator said which Denver Water should be responsible for a cleanup of a site, an RTD spokesperson stated that, yet they werent a ones who made a mess, they will clean it up with income allocated for FasTracks. FasTracks is funded by taxpayers.

For a full story, go to KDVR.

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