Residents of Western Pennsylvania, beware — we are at risk! MAX Environmental Technologies plans to build a new hazardous dump on the banks of Sewickley Creek, a tributary of the Youghiogheny River, threatening drinking water for thousands.
We have some of the worst air quality in the nation, with MAX releasing the highest airborne lead pollution in Pennsylvania. For years, DEP has ignored our poor air quality. In 1948 in Donora, 20 people died, within six days another 50 were found dying, and hundreds of citizens were left disabled from a mix of pollutants and a temperature inversion.
For 50 years, toxic wastes have been dumped in Yukon. Max and its predecessor, Mill Service, have had hundreds of violations, spewing harmful chemicals into the air and water, threatening our health. This new MAX dump will be the only hazardous dump in Pennsylvania. They will dump untreated wastes including arsenic, benzene, lead, chromium, radioactive wastes and more.
Why would DEP consider allowing a known polluter to continue? Remind our county commissioners that allowing this dump site to go forward is not acceptable! If they turn their backs on the voters in Westmoreland County, come this November we will vote them out. Commissioners, and DEP, say no to MAX!
Patricia Oliver
North Huntingdon