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‘What if it was your family?' Hundreds of Delaware County town’s residents pack EPA landfill meeting

Disease clusters are notoriously hard to correlate with a single source, but the volume of complaints brought federal officials to the area beginning in 2016 to examine the landfill and the surrounding area.

Barbie Carr, center, asks a question of EPA Site Manager Joe Vitello, right. Barbie’s husband died of brain cancer as did other residents within a 1/2 block of her home. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is holding a public meeting on Nov. 21, 2019, in Norwood, Delaware County, after hearing concerns from residents regarding its investigation of an old landfill and cases of cancer and multiple sclerosis reported by neighbors.
Barbie Carr, center, asks a question of EPA Site Manager Joe Vitello, right. Barbie’s husband died of brain cancer as did other residents within a 1/2 block of her home. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is holding a public meeting on Nov. 21, 2019, in Norwood, Delaware County, after hearing concerns from residents regarding its investigation of an old landfill and cases of cancer and multiple sclerosis reported by neighbors.Read moreCHARLES FOX / Staff Photographer