"The town [of Cheshire, Connecticut] perceives itself as a clean and green suburb. But we've got at least two problems: the very high number of toxic waste sites, and the TCE in the drinking water."
-- Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies professor Dan Esty, "Toxictown, Connecticut." New Haven Advocate, Jan. 13-19, 2000.
"The major implication of the new findings is, of course, that human exposures at potentially dangerous levels may have occurred for years or decades, even after a site was recognized and (as we thought), satisfactorily addressed. We may presume that our relative ignorance in this arena will unfortunately have contributed to some number of additional cancers or other illnesses that could have been prevented."
-- Walter Mugdan, Director, Division of Environmental Planning and Protection, US EPA, in Vapor Intrusion, The Next Big Thing, August, 2006
The citizens of Cheshire, CT have been poisoned by toxins that were dumped or spilled in the ground by industrial polluters. For decades, Cheshire's public and private water supplies were contaminated with TCE at dangerous levels. In addition, Cheshire has suffered - and may still suffer today - from toxic vapor intrusion associated with the migration of toxins under and near homes and buildings.
Cheshire is now plagued by nation-leading elevations of breast cancer and non-hodgkins lymphoma. These and other cancer rates (brain cancers, female "invasive" cancers), elevated with statistical significance, were confirmed by state and federal officials in 2004. Though these cancers and other diseases in Cheshire were and are still preventable, officials and so-called leaders have refused to warn or protect Cheshire's citizens and refused to find and remove these lost toxic plumes.
This website is dedicated to the tens of thousands of citizens who have been poisoned in Cheshire and to those who have been affected by disease as a result. Here, we hope you will find as much information as you need to learn about past and current dangers and what can be done about them.
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