about the quarry
Attention Winthrop Residents
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Health, Safety, and Environmental issuesare being compromised as you read this.
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The Winthrop Planning Board is reviewing an application for a crushed ledge quarry
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This quarry will sit at an elevation higher than the schools and downtown
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This activity will generate microscopic dust particles, similar to shards of broken glass
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These dust particles act like smoke and can travel miles before settling downstream
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The PM2.5 micron sized particles can cause serious lung issues such as Silicosis
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The prevailing air currents takes this cloud of dust in the direction of schools and town
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This has the potential to affect students and residents for generations to come
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In addition, this dust will also settle in the Hoyt Brook headwaters
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The potential to decimate marine life increases proportional to the activity at the quarry
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Current plans call for 15,000 yards or 1,100 truckloads to be blasted, crushed and moved
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This will affect everyone who works, plays, attends schools, shops, and lives in Winthrop
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