Woburn’s polluted wells ranked 39th on the 1982 Superfund list

Evidence

The agency ranked each site by a formula that involved the proximity of the polluted area to residential areas, the nature of the chemicals involved, and whether or not drinking water had been contaminated. By 1982 there were 418 sites on the EPA list. The east Woburn well field, the newest addition, was ranked thirty-ninth. — , Harr Jonathan - A Civil Action, 336

Categorization

• CANDY: A town taking quiet pride in a national pollution ranking of thirty-ninth is a good party line.