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By William Tauro
Following
up on the allegations of a Mercury spill that occurred on June 17th at
the Cambridge Health Alliance located in the rear of the Twin City
Shopping Plaza in Somerville.
According to officials in
Somerville and Cambridge, the spill was never reported to the
Somerville nor the Cambridge Fire Departments and that no fire company
units were ever dispatched on that day to that location.
When we
showed up on the scene, a private hazardous waste clean up crew was on
site containing the spill loading fifty five gallon drums onto a
hazardous waste box truck and they refused to comment. The rear
entrance of the Medical Center was sealed off with yellow emergency
protective tape to keep anyone from using that exit. The front of the
clinic was open for business as usual with patients going in and out
without any knowledge of what was happening behind closed doors just
feet away. According to Somerville city officials, the front entrance
of the clinic is located on Rufo Road in Cambridge and the rear
entrance is located in Somerville.
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