Dioxin levels in Rhode Island

[Jane Williams <dcap@qnet.com>]

EPA Region 1 - For Immediate Release: June 23, 1999
EPA ANNOUNCES SAMPLING RESULTS FOR WOONASQUATUCKET RIVER AND CENTREDALE MANOR
BOSTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the final results of 240 dioxin surface soil samples collected last winter from along a half-mile section of the Woonasquatucket River and Centredale Manor area in North Providence. About half of the samples showed dioxin levels above 1 part per billion, and of those, the majority of the samples were in the range of 1 to 20 ppb.  Three samples showed levels above 50 ppb, with the highest level (117 ppb) being a sample collected from the woods behind Centredale Manor and the second highest (116 ppb) coming from a riverbank sample between Centredale Manor and Brook Village. The third sample, showing 53 ppb, was found just south of Centredale Manor in a vegetated wetland.