Massachusetts: what the public record shows.
3,388 documented environmental records across 14 counties, published by federal and state agencies and mapped beside the health measures those agencies release. Locations and rates only — nothing here shows that anything caused anything else.
Documented records in Massachusetts
Published health measures
| Measure | Years | Areas |
|---|---|---|
| All-cause infant mortality | 1989–2022 | 15 |
| Child and youth mortality (ages 1-19) | 2019–2022 | 15 |
| Low birthweight (<2,500 g) | 2016–2022 | 15 |
| Premature death (years of potential life lost before 75) | 2020–2022 | 15 |
| Teen births (ages 15-19) | 2016–2022 | 15 |
Rates are area-level and published by their source. Where a source suppressed a small count, it stays unpublished here.
Events on the public record
Woburn, Middlesex County, MA · 1964–1979
Woburn municipal wells G and H contamination
Two municipal wells drew water contaminated with chlorinated solvents; a childhood leukaemia cluster in the same neighbourhoods led to landmark litigation and epidemiology.
Who to contact in Massachusetts
State agency
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection
State agency for cleanup sites, drinking water and air permits.
Nonprofit / community group
Community Action Works
Regional organization that trains neighbourhood groups facing landfills, incinerators and contamination.
Legal and advocacy
Conservation Law Foundation
New England public-interest environmental law organization.
Nonprofit / community group
GreenRoots
Chelsea-based environmental justice group with community air monitoring.
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