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  • Call NumberGEHP_0156
  • Summary1. Get involved in local community-environemental organizations. 2. Get educated about Newtown Creek contamination & involved in clean-up process. 3. Live above the Meeker Street Plumes? Get your Home Tested. 4. Call 311 to make an odor complaint 5. Call the DEC Oil Oil SPill Hotline at 800-457-7362 to report oil in public waterways. 6. Be Aware of potential air quality exposures in the home. 7. Be aware of potential exposure in the soil. 8. Reduce wast and heal the soil. 10. Protect a tree
  • Date2012
  • Physical Description2012
  • CreatorNewtown Creek Alliance
  • Cite AsGreenpoint Environmental History Project, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • Digital Public Library of AmericaThis item is represented in the Digital Public Library of America (DPLA).
  • Formattext
  • Genreleaflets (printed works)
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Original document digitized on March 8, 2019, as a PDF. Donated for capture by Laura Hoffman through the Greenpoint Environmental History Project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is funded through the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund.
  • SubjectPlumes (Fluid dynamics) ; Air--Pollution ; Soil remediation ; Soils--Lead content ; Traffic density ; Odors
  • PlaceGreenpoint (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is covered by a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Users are free to share and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes as long as appropriate credit is given to the source and new material created with this work is shared under the same conditions.
  • Title10 Things We Can Do to Clean Up Greenpoint's Toxic Legacy