"FAIRFIELD -- The arsenic exposure risk in Fairfield is official, the health danger real. Those who live in the Cedar Valley town stand a higher risk of getting some cancers, nerve damage and brain injury with exposure to contaminants from old mine tailings over an extended period of time, according to a new Utah study."
"'I think this report will go a long way toward helping us get the visibility we need to get some help for this problem,' said Mayor Michael Burch at presentation of the study on Nov. 10 at the Historic Fairfield Schoolhouse.
Residents had some of their arsenic fears confirmed, other worries put to rest and questions answered by representatives from the Environmental Epidemiology Program and Utah Department of Environmental Quality as the agency representatives presented their public health assessment.
Fairfield residents anxiously looked at the map to identify their homes and farmlands and examined copies of the report at the town hall meeting."
Charlynn Anderson reports for the Provo Daily Herald November 13, 2011.
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