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The Columbus Dispatch
Bexley residents on former toxic landfill
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Bexley is working to remediate a contaminated landfill dating to the 1930s, located beneath existing apartment buildings and homes built in the 1960s on about 10 acres of land. The site, owned by the Holtzman company historically linked to mayor Frank Holtzman, contains hazardous metals such as lead, arsenic, and chromium, posing health risks to residents. Despite environmental studies, the city has been denied a grant to further assess the contamination and lacks legal authority to enforce cleanup, with oversight falling outside Ohio EPA’s jurisdiction. The city plans to develop affordable housing elsewhere and may eventually demolish current structures to fully remediate the site, addressing long-standing environmental justice concerns.
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