Toxic-waste contamination is so ubiquitous that fleeing to a new place buys no safety.

Evidence

Seven of the eight Woburn families still live in Woburn, most of them in the same houses. Asked by a television reporter after the Grace settlement if he would leave Woburn, Richard Toomey said: “As far as I can tell, these kinds of problems with toxic waste are all around us. Why would we want to move? At least we know what we’re facing here.” — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action, 3162

Categorization

• SHARE: Nerdy, grimly quotable line for anyone who follows environmental litigation or has moved ‘for cleaner air’.
• CANDY: Compact, memorable, elevator-ready: the plaintiffs stay put because the hazard is everywhere.