Midway Village Residents and Greenaction Continue Direct Action At Toxic Threat Site

Sick Residents Outraged At Exposure to Toxic Soil, Want Permanent Relocation Away From Toxic Homes

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December 20, 1999

Midway Village Residents and Greenaction Block Construction Site to Protest Digging in Toxic Soil Next to Homes and Day Care Center

Daly City, CA -- The people of the toxic-contaminated Midway Village public housing project in Daly City will not be ignored. Dozens of sick and angry residents took direct action December 20th for the second time in a week, blocking the entrance to the construction site for a controversial drainage project. Residents are angry that digging in the contaminated soils next to their homes will expose them to cancer-causing chemicals. The environmental justice organization Greenaction joined residents to confront this toxic threat to the health of the Midway community.

Residents and Greenaction also won a victory when they caught PG&E and the State Department of Toxics in a violation of the state-approved work plan for the project. In response to complaints by residents and Greenaction, PG&E and the State have now admitted that work on the site did take place this past weekend, in violation of the prohibition against night time and weekend work on the project.