For more than 40 years the town has dealt with the effects of chemical contamination from Rockland Industries on Plymouth Street, and selectmen learned Monday night there may yet be contaminants from the site entering Purchade Brook.
Selectmen this week met with Middleboro’s Citizens Environmental Health Impact Committee, which recently hired a consultant, Environmental Strategies & Management Inc., to conduct a review of the site using a $10,000 grant from the state Department of Environmental Protection.
Thomas Sylvia, ES&M principal chemical engineer who grew up near Rockland Industries, said placing the top soil was a cost-effective remedy but more needs to be done. Specifically, he said the “hot spots” ought to be dug up and removed.
