What i meant by political differences was more the fact that if the Federal Government was responsible for the radioactive stuff from the Manhattan Project and also the anthrax tainted furniture from the Senate office building, that might explain why the Army Corp of Engineers says there is no problem.

They know there is a problem, none want to address it. I don’t think it’s political differences this goes back through different administrations.

But the state is allowing the existing work to be done over there. You know the houses being torn down in Buffalo? Guess where they are being taken to… Right the Tonawanda landfill.

Remember all the wood chips from the Oct 13th storm. Right they are all over there in the mud flats. The town wanted to sell them but couldn’t because they are now contaminated.

So the Army Corp. of Engineers says there is no problem with the site and the State DEC says there is a problem? Have they always been at odds with each other, or do you think the political differences between the Feds and the State are comming into play here?

This money could cover the simple blood tests, the radon detectors and a test for the sump pump pits I called for over a year ago.

These small tests would tell us if the ground water is being contaminated, if radon gas is present in the houses and the blood tests would tell us if the children that live and go to school over there are contaminated.

If the tests come back negative then we are fine and the Corp of Engineers is correct. If they come back positive then we know the DEC is right and then start the process of eliminating the contaminant and sealing the site.

The same problem exists in Hamburg/Lackawanna/South Buffalo at the site of the former Bethlehem Steel location. Miles and miles of lakefront land, all contaminated by who knows what, no money to clean it up, and residents left behind.