Last year, the EPA found that Sims Metal Management was emitting high levels of pollutants.
at 2500 S. Paulina St., seems to have addressed their concerns. But as CBS 2's Marybel González reported Friday night, some critics do not agree.
In its recently-released report, the EPA said Sims Metal Management does not pose health risks to the surrounding community – at least not in the short term. Levels of volatile organic material that are below any that would cause human health effects from short-term exposure. "We don't know what 'ND' means," said Wink, of the University of Illinois at Chicago."It could be 10 nanograms per cubic meter. It could be 50. It could mean 70."
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