Health & Fitness
Bartram's Garden In Southwest Philadelphia Closes Trail Due To "Potential Toxic Chemical Contamination"
As a result of the possible contamination, Gauthier urges all residents in the area to stay away from the closed section of the trail.
July 18, 2024
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- Bartram's Garden in Southwest Philadelphia has closed a trail due to a "potential toxic chemical contamination," city councilmember Jamie Gauthier announced in a statement on Wednesday.
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Gauthier, who represents Southwest Philly, said she learned from a constituent that a runoff of total chromium, chromium III (trivalent), and chromium VI (hexavalent) likely leaked into Bartram's Garden and the Schuylkill River from a former industrial property.
"On Monday a constituent alerted my office that toxic chemicals from the former Plains Oil Site potentially made their way into Bartram's Garden and the Schuylkill River," Gauthier said in a statement in part. "The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection informed my office that there is no immediate risk to our drinking water because this site is downstream from the water collection point."
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