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// HAZMAT response on Salisbury StreetHere's a video of New Bedford firefighters responding to a probable asbestos/lead response with HAZMAT suits on Salisbury Street this afternoon. It's reported that a young man was power washing a house when asbestos/lead was discovered...

A New Jersey-based company subcontracted to paint the Braga Bridge is facing thousands of dollars in fines from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for allegedly using lead based paint.

Questions around the New Bedford Harbor clean up are still unanswered.

One of two informational meetings about Boston Environmental's plans to cap the Cecil Smith landfill in Dartmouth with contaminated soil stretched long into Thursday night. Nearly 50 residents heard from DEP officials, who say the soil being used to cap the site is well within state standards as far as contaminants go...

The Department of Public Health has been reluctant to release what could be critical information about the Parker Street Waste Site, but State Representative Antonio Cabral has convinced state officials to release those documents. Cabral says he requested a meeting with DPH Interim Commissioner Lauren Smith, who released the results of air quality and cancer studies conducted over a year ago in an

The City of New Bedford is awaiting some key information on a pending lawsuit involving the City's former environmental consultant. Michelle Paul, Director of Environmental Stewardship says a demand letter has been sent to Beta Group Inc...

The EPA is still mulling over the South Terminal Maritime Project, a decision that will either give approval to the construction phase, or stall it. Nevertheless, engineers with Apex Companies LLC have already drawn up remediation plans for the site just north of the hurricane barrier, as low concentration PCB pockets are scattered on land and in the harbor...