By Lindsey Konkel, Environmental Health News
When Deidre Ramos moved with her infant son to the Parker Street section of New Bedford, Mass., [USA] little did she know that her new neighborhood was toxic.
Today, a decade later, Ramos is worried about the health of her two sons growing up in a community still contaminated by an old burn dump containing polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), [a chemical once used as a plasticizer].
“What will be the long-term effects on my children?” asked Ramos.
