But James Garrow, a spokesman for the Philadelphia Health Department, says the city has had the EPA data for months and compared it to its own data from a monitor in Point Breeze.
He says the city doesn’t concur with the group’s dire warnings.
“Yes, there was benzene in the air found in the study, but we never felt that it was a threat to human health there in South Philly,” Garrow said.
By Mark Abrams
The Collected Works of Jim Garrow 