West Grove Residents Worried Over Losing Medical Monitoring Program

By Jacqueline Quynh, CBS Miami

March 8, 2023

WEST GROVE -- Residents living near the old City of Miami trash incinerator site are worried they could lose a medical monitoring program that was put in place to help detect and treat illnesses from exposure to toxic ash.

CBS4 spoke with residents speaking out against the city's latest motion to dismiss the program.

"My father used to work over there, he used to have to take off his clothes before coming in this house. Because the stench that came from him," Hollis Gaitor said.

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