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Article: Crestwood residents 'just want the facts'
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- SouthtownStar (Chicago, IL)
- Article date:
- June 12, 2009
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By Maura Possley Staff Writer Some have headaches, some varying types of cancer, others suffer liver or kidney ailments. In another community, this might be seen as just part of life. But inCrestwood, residents are wondering whether their ailments can be traced to the fact that the village knowingly tapped into a tainted well for more than 20 years without the knowledge of residents or regulators. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has said the public's health was never at risk; the tainted drinking water was so diluted by Lake Michigan water before it was pumped into homes it had to be safe. But residents remain skeptical. And the U.S. EPA thinks there's no safe level of a ...