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Article: Reclaiming the Neponset River
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- August 15, 1999
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Underbrush, abandoned factories, and rusted chain-link fences
discourage use of the Neponset River and its environs for canoeing,
biking, and strolling. Now a new threat has arisen: arsenic along
the route of a proposed hiking and biking path. Much progress has
been made to open the river's banks for public enjoyment. The
Metropolitan District Commission needs to keep working to make the
Neponset River Greenway a reality.
The arsenic is a residue from railroad pesticide treatment
decades ago. The state Department of Environmental Protection was
concerned enough about the poison to consider requiring a chain-link
fence to keep people off the abandoned railroad right of way. That
would have ...