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REPORT- NO FURTHER ACTION - BU SUPERFUND RESEARCH PROGRAM

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5.     REPORT, Committee on Environmental Affairs, recommending to the City Council to take “NO FURTHER ACTION” on the WRITTEN MOTION, Councillors Lima, Abreu, Gomes, Morad  and Markey, requesting, that the Special Committee on Environmental Affairs discuss the Boston University Superfund Research Program’s findings that there exists a potential airborne health hazard emanating from contaminated water in New Bedford Harbor; and further that Health Director Damon Chaplin, Environmental Stewardship Director Michele Paul and BUSRP Researchers be invited to said Committee meeting; and on the COMMUNICATION, Councillor Lima, submitting an article entitled “Potentially Harmful Air Contamination from New Bedford Harbor” dated December 5, 2019 by the Boston University’s School of Public Health.

 

5a.     WRITTEN MOTION, Councillors Lima, Abreu, Gomes, Morad and Markey, requesting, that the Special Committee on Environmental Affairs discuss the Boston University Superfund Research Program’s findings that there exists a potential airborne health hazard emanating from contaminated water in New Bedford Harbor; and further that Health Director Damon Chaplin, Environmental Stewardship Director Michele Paul and BUSRP Researchers be invited to said Committee meeting. (Referred to the Special Committee on Infrastructure and Redevelopment – February 13, 2021.)

 

5b.     COMMUNICATION, Councillor Lima, submitting an article entitled “Potentially Harmful Air Contamination from New Bedford Harbor” dated December 5, 2019 by the Boston University’s School of Public Health. (Referred to the Special Committee on Infrastructure and Redevelopment – February 13, 2021.)



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