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A toxic smell intermittently between exit 8 and 9 on I-91.
Smells like some form of acetate.
Been reported to both state and town. No response. Somebody is dumping or venting some toxin.
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A toxic smell intermittently between exit 8 and 9 on I-91.
Smells like some form of acetate.
Been reported to both state and town. No response. Somebody is dumping or venting some toxin.
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S (Visitante)
Anonymous (Visitante)
got to (Visitante)
CDaniel (Visitante)
Common Sense (Visitante)
Meme in CT (Visitante)
Anonymous (Visitante)
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TOXIC NEW HAVEN (Visitante)
This stink has an illegal smell to it. I am sure they are breaking EPA laws, or illegally burning something. Especially since they always seem to do it at night. Somebody has to do something about this! What is wrong with the city officials around here?
I think calling the TV stations and media is the best option. WTNH, and any others.They will investigate any pollution story, but, they need a good a lead. If anyone has a good clue to about where it is coming from, that would be very helpful.
Bill Kaempffer (Visitante)
Toxic New Haven (Visitante)
Mike
Common Sense (Visitante)
Brian Tang (Utilizador Registado)
flax (Visitante)
back in the 1980's, we came out of the North Haven Cinema late at night, and the air smelled like sewage.
kim (Visitante)
Hi! I'm the original poster...was gone for a bit, but I'm so happy to see that other people are concerned about this issue. Just as an FYI, I did contact the state DEP, filed a complaint on their "complaint line" and made a few phone calls. I was eventually referred to the health department for North Haven, who told me he "drove around a bit" and "couldn't smell anything." After an extended phone call where I pushed the issue a bit (it smells acetone-based), he told me I was probably smelling my neighbor's dryer sheets. Really. Or maybe the mud flats. He eventually intimated that I was just insane. It smells like cancer to me.
I just don't want my town to smell like New Jersey. Friends that come visit comment on it. Yikes. Anyway to send this link to town hall?
Thanks everyone...
got to (Visitante)
kim (Visitante)
I know it takes time, but it may save us sucking in pounds of carcinogens every day.
Mike (Visitante)
I haven't smelled the particular odor in about a week, but winds can always make a difference. Who knows.
For the record, I now live in Hamden, off Mather Street. I smelled it around 11p last week or so.
I also smelled it when I lived in the East Rock section of New Haven. It was almost always at night.
I will definitely post here again, when I smell it again.
Thanks for your comments.
PS: I have traveled a lot along industrial corridors, worked in chemical plants, and lived near oil refineries. This smell here is very unique to me. It is something I have never smelled before. It's not a familiar toxic smell that we may all be familiar with from driving on the NJ Tpke, or past other factories, or refineries. It is something (at least to me) very unique to the New Haven area.
Perhaps this might help.
Thanks again.
Debbie (Visitante)
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kt (Visitante)
Common Sense (Visitante)
kt (Visitante)
Commone Sense (Visitante)
kt (Visitante)
Drove down the small road that I thought led to the SIMS metal management, but can't really find my way back there. How about some TOWN or STATE officials taking some time out of their day to track this down. Oh, that's right...they don't care if we all get a big lungful of cancer on a regular basis.
Common Sense (Visitante)
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