In announcing the Superfund designation, EPA administrator Judith Enck noted that the toxic pollution in Newtown Creek is more than a century in the making. 1 Encks comment referenced the fact that the area to the north of Newtown Creek, a triangular spit of land known as Hunters Point, Queens, with frontage both onto the creek and the East River, was a site for rendering, fertilizer production, petrochemical activity, and other heavy industry throughout the late nineteenth century
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Therefore, we conducted liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS) analysis of our LMW preparations of DRC and GBC to confirm the presence and relative levels of these compounds in our experimental preparations (See Supplemental Data)
Therefore, urban policymakers are encouraged to incorporate CBPI into routine monitoring practices and to implement targeted interventions, particularly in high-traffic areas