Toxic Gases Seep from the Ground in One Baltimore Neighborhood

Christopher Myers
Baltimore City Paper | July 28, 2009
According to recent federal court documents, the Chemical Metals Industries site continues to pose a cancer risk to long-term residents of nearby homes subjected to "vapor intrusion" of chemical-laden air rising through the soil from contaminated groundwater below.

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