By LIAM BELAN
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Two environmental groups partnered to hold an informational meeting at the Rostraver Public Library Wednesday to discuss the health effects of the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill and sharing local air monitoring findings.
Protect PT (Penn-Trafford) joined forces with the Environmental Health Project (EHP), which conducted research by deploying several air monitors near Rostraver Township, to explain the health consequences of the landfill as well as the flaws in its attempt to get a leachate evaporator put in.
A ruling has not yet been made on whether the Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill will install an evaporator for its contaminated waste, but EHP’s medical advisor Ned Ketyer, a former 26-year pediatrician in Pittsburgh, didn’t mince words when he gave his thoughts on the idea.
“The Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill is currently petitioning for a leachate evaporation system, which if approved, could potentially release toxins from leachate into the air,” he said over Zoom during the meeting. “The facility previously received multiple violations regarding their handling of leachate and erosion.
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