Another Woburn

Massachusetts Town Shudders after Study Details Cancer Risk

Back then, children and many adults in Ashland did not worry much about the brightly colored blue, purple and red water in and around the 35-acre site owned by Nyanza Inc., which released manufacturing waste containing such substances as mercury, chromium, lead and cadmium into unlined lagoons and nearby streams.

Maybe its time for a cultural change to a new philosophy: if you don't *know* its safe, assume it's not?