Cancer on Liberty Hill Road, Gilford

TomC · 01-26-2007, 05:36 PM

WCVB TV in Boston (CH 5) reported tonight (1/26) a story about 18 deaths from cancer clustered on this street in Gilford. Something to do with a coal plant (i think that is what they said) on this site long ago. In case this is an area that forum readers are familiar with (I don't know Gilford geography), I thought I'd pass this info along...

SteveA · 01-26-2007, 05:59 PM

http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll...-1/citizen0102

Liberty Hill Road is just off the bypass

http://www.google.com/maps?ie=UTF-8&...l=en&tab=wl&q=

Skipper of the Sea Que · 01-27-2007, 07:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteveA

Liberty Hill Road is just off the bypass

http://www.google.com/maps?ie=UTF-8&...l=en&tab=wl&q=

Thanks for the info SteveA. Amazing the "innocent" things of years ago we now discover may lead to cancer.

Here's a more direct link to the Google map showing Liberty Hill Road in Gilford:

Map of Liberty Hill Road and vicinity

SteveA · 01-27-2007, 08:42 AM

Thx Skip

My bad..... it looked good on the "preview page" somehow I messed up the link. Thanks for the help correcting it.

It is scary.. From what I'm told, Gilford is not alone in concerns about exactly what types of materials were used 25-30 years ago as "fill". I remember working in a campground during my 20's, when they applied used motor oils to "oil" the dirt roads to hold down dust.

GWC... · 11-14-2007, 02:23 PM

Could Liberty Hill be another Love Canal?

GWC... · 11-16-2007, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by online Citizen

Courtesy Photo/Raymond Reed A BLACK SUBSTANCE believed to be coal tar pours out of a tanker truck into an area believed to be Liberty Hill in 1952.

Since this issue has not drawn a comment, guess Gilford should purchase the Liberty Hill properties and ues it for a nuclear waste dump site - a very profitable usage of the property and obviously of little concern to those in the Lake's region.

GWC... · 12-12-2007, 12:02 AM

This issue still seems to draw little concern.

Where are all the conservation groups?

This is a Lake issue. Why the silence?

They had plenty to say about the speed limit.

What's been flowing into the Lake all these years?

Is coal tar a carcinogen?

Energy is good.

Improper waste disposal is not.

Quote:

Public concern about the nature of chemical plant operations and their products forced a number of government actions. In the U.S., the federal government enacted a number of environmental restrictions that forced many chemical companies to change not only their product lines, but also their production and waste treatment methods. Beginning in 1965, the U.S. government enacted the Water Quality Act, and then followed with other major pieces of legislation including the Clean Air Act of 1970; the Occupational Safety & Health Act of 1970; the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide & Rodenticide Act of 1972; the Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974; the Resource Conservation & Recovery Act of 1976; and the Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976.

http://pubs.acs.org/hotartcl/cenear/980112/coal.html

Participate in the poll. Let your opinion be known.

ApS · 12-12-2007, 05:29 AM

Wolfeboro has a similar problem with a toxic PCB, dioxin, and benzene dump within a few feet of Back Bay.

"Engineer":

Quote:

"...It is an established fact, by NHDES and Dartmouth College, that there is arsenic in these old NH Dumps. There is probably benzene in the Foss Field Dump. Long-time Wolfeboro residents may have personal knowledge of what else is in there..."

The Town has "fixed the problem" by bulldozing more fill over the dump, paving part of it for parking, and installing a playground on it.

GWC... · 03-20-2008, 07:13 PM

Residents urged to write about Liberty Hill

http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll...-1/CITNEWS0815

GWC... · 03-25-2008, 01:33 PM

Sounds like a done deal and a slam dunk for Keyspan via NHDES...

http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll...4327/0/CITIZEN

http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll...022/-1/CITIZEN

Just Sold · 10-25-2008, 07:45 AM

The removal of the Coal Tar at Liberty Hill is to start in Nov. Web site to track progress.
http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll...857/-1/CITNEWS

Just Sold · 12-12-2012, 04:18 PM

Agreement Announced for the Removal of the Coal Tar on Liberty Hill Rd in Gilford

http://www.laconiadailysun.com/index...hill-agreement

01-26-2007, 05:36 PM	#1
TomC Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Lakes Region Posts: 678 Thanks: 21 Thanked 92 Times in 61 Posts	Cancer on Liberty Hill Road, Gilford WCVB TV in Boston (CH 5) reported tonight (1/26) a story about 18 deaths from cancer clustered on this street in Gilford. Something to do with a coal plant (i think that is what they said) on this site long ago. In case this is an area that forum readers are familiar with (I don't know Gilford geography), I thought I'd pass this info along...

01-26-2007, 05:59 PM	#2
SteveA Deceased Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Gilford, NH Posts: 2,311 Thanks: 1,070 Thanked 2,054 Times in 497 Posts	Citizen article on Liberty Hill investagation http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll...-1/citizen0102 Liberty Hill Road is just off the bypass http://www.google.com/maps?ie=UTF-8&...l=en&tab=wl&q= __________________ "Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if he gets angry he'll be a mile away and barefoot!" unknown

01-27-2007, 08:42 AM	#4
SteveA Deceased Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Gilford, NH Posts: 2,311 Thanks: 1,070 Thanked 2,054 Times in 497 Posts	Thanks for fixing my map link. Thx Skip My bad..... it looked good on the "preview page" somehow I messed up the link. Thanks for the help correcting it. It is scary.. From what I'm told, Gilford is not alone in concerns about exactly what types of materials were used 25-30 years ago as "fill". I remember working in a campground during my 20's, when they applied used motor oils to "oil" the dirt roads to hold down dust. __________________ "Before you criticize someone, walk a mile in his shoes. That way, if he gets angry he'll be a mile away and barefoot!" unknown

11-14-2007, 02:23 PM	#5
GWC... Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,325 Thanks: 5 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	EPA and Liberty Hill, what's up... Could Liberty Hill be another Love Canal? __________________ [Assume funny, clever sig is here. Laugh and reflect... ]

03-20-2008, 07:13 PM	#9
GWC... Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,325 Thanks: 5 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Residents urged to write about Liberty Hill http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll...-1/CITNEWS0815 __________________ [Assume funny, clever sig is here. Laugh and reflect... ]

03-25-2008, 01:33 PM	#10
GWC... Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 1,325 Thanks: 5 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Who's representing the public? Sounds like a done deal and a slam dunk for Keyspan via NHDES... http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll...4327/0/CITIZEN http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll...022/-1/CITIZEN __________________ [Assume funny, clever sig is here. Laugh and reflect... ]

10-25-2008, 07:45 AM	#11
Just Sold Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Suncook, NH, but at The Lake at Heart Posts: 2,615 Thanks: 1,083 Thanked 434 Times in 210 Posts	Clean Up to Start The removal of the Coal Tar at Liberty Hill is to start in Nov. Web site to track progress. http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll...857/-1/CITNEWS __________________ Just Sold At the lake the stress of daily life just melts away. Pro Re Nata

12-12-2012, 04:18 PM	#12
Just Sold Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Suncook, NH, but at The Lake at Heart Posts: 2,615 Thanks: 1,083 Thanked 434 Times in 210 Posts	Liberty Hill Road in Gilford Agreement Announced for the Removal of the Coal Tar on Liberty Hill Rd in Gilford http://www.laconiadailysun.com/index...hill-agreement __________________ Just Sold At the lake the stress of daily life just melts away. Pro Re Nata