Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Are there Pesticides at Sowams Nursery

Also today, another concerned Barrington resident posted a Patch Blog post questioning whether there are pesticides at Sowams Nursery.

One aspect of the proposed development at Palmer Pointe that has not been widely discussed is the potential for the former agricultural business to have used, and subsequently contaminated soil on the property with, agricultural chemicals, such as insecticides, fungicides, herbicides, etc.

When commercial agricultural properties are considered for residential development, it is customary for the prospective purchaser to conduct due diligence investigations in the form of soil and groundwater testing, as well as conduct a full inventory of the pesticides that have been used at the property.  This is particularly important when the site has been used for agricultural purposes for some time; e.g., during times when now-banned pesticides were legal. To date, I have not seen or heard anything about such investigations. The Barrington Conservation Commission did provide comments to the Planning Board on this issue, but have not heard back on their response to those comments.  
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