Superfund Sites Near You: Broad Brook Mill in East Windsor, Connecticut

Where ever corporations have decided to dump their industrial waste products without considering the environmental impact that could result, the surrounding area has eventually become a hazardous place to live. These dump sites are called Superfund sites and there is one in East Windsor, Connecticut at the Broad Brook Mill which is also the location of the Millbrook Condominiums. You can read more about Superfund sites at Wikipedia.org or simply click here.

Going by its list of Superfund sites, the Environmental Protection Agency has sought to assist communities such as East Windsor and its residents of the Millbrook Condominiums at Broad Brook Mill with ongoing cleanup efforts.

Are there any immediate public safety concerns at the Broad Brook Mill site and the Millbrook Condominiums in East Windsor?

The Broad Brook Mill site in East Windsor is also known as the Millbrook Condominium Site because of the condominiums that were built there. Unfortunately for the residents of the Millbrook Condominiums, testing of the Broad Brook Mill site in East Windsor did not begin until the residential buildings were completed 1993. Various tests found contamination in the ground water and soil of the Broad Brook Mill site and around the Millbrook Condominium area in East Windsor. The Broad Brook Mill site with its nearby Millbrook Condominiums in East Windsor was not considered for the National Priorities List of the Superfund program until the year 2000.

What about the safety of the residents of the Millbrook Condominiums in East Windsor?

Since Broad Brook Mill in East Windsor was listed on the Superfund site list, the Millbrook Condominiums have undergone a series of safety precautions to prevent the residents from making direct contact with the contaminated soil around the area. The residents of Millbrook Condominiums in East Windsor have also been warned not to dig anywhere in the area and to make sure children do not play on the old Broad Brook Mill site, a more detailed description of the warnings and action taken can be found at Atsdr.cdc.gov, or you can just click here.

Who is responsible for the East Windsor Broad Brook Mill Superfund site and the health of the Millbrook Condominium residents?

Broad Brook Mill has changed hands many times in its history in East Windsor before the Millbrook Condominiums were erected however a list of potential parties responsible for the cleanup at the Broad Brook Mill site only names one company which can be viewed at Scorecard.org or you can just click this link here.