HOW COMMUNITIES ARE ALREADY NOTORIOUSLY HAVE FLOODING
PROBLEMS ARE PREPARING FOR
WHAT’S COMING.
WHAT’S COMING. >> NOW TO A BIG STORY BREAKING
RIGHT NOW IN THE 696 TOXIC NEWS
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. SEARCHING ANOTHER PROPERTY
OWNED BY THE MAN AT THE CENTER
OF THIS MESS INVESTIGATORS HAVE
MADE AN ALARMING DISCOVERY.
>> HANK WINCHESTER LIVE ALONG
696 WITH WHAT WE’VE JUST
LEARNED.
LEARNED. HANK?
HANK? >>Reporter: DEVON WE GET TO
CONCERNING NUMBERS IN MEDICINE
HIDES IN A MINUTE BUT AS YOU
AND KIMBERLY MENTION A MAJOR
NEW DEVELOPMENT TAKING PLACE IN
THE CITY OF DETROIT.
THE MAYOR’S OFFICE TAKING A
PROACTIVE MOVE TODAY ENTERING
INTO A BUILDING OWNED BY GARY
SAYERS.
SAYERS. INSIDE THEY DISCOVERED
SOMETHING VERY CONCERNING.
A SUBSTANCE THAT ON VISUAL
INSPECTION LOOKS INCREDIBLY
SIMILAR TO THE TOXIC NEWS THAT
WAS SEEPING ONTO THE ROADWAY
HERE BEHIND ME.
WE ARE TOLD THEY FOUND SOMEBODY
BY 10 CONCRETE PITS.
THOSE PITTSFIELD WITH A
SUBSTANCE THAT APPEARS VERY
SIMILAR TO THE TOXIC GREEN
ARROWS THAT WAS SEEPING ON THE
696 IN MEDICINE HIDES.
EAGLE AND THE EPA JUST NOTIFIED
ABOUT THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT.
WORK WILL BEGIN TO TEST THAT
SUBSTANCE AND ALSO LOCK THIS
BUILDING DOWN AND SECURE IT
MAKING SURE IT IS SAFE.
THESE ARE THE IMAGES TAKEN YOU
INSIDE ELECTROPLATING SERVICES,
THE SITE OF THE TOXIC NEWS IN
MEDICINE HIDES.
MEDICINE HIDES. AS YOU CAN SEE THE BUILDING A
MASS BUS WHAT YOU CAN’T SEE
THAT’S ESPECIALLY CONCERNING.
IN FACT TODAY THE FIRST TEST
RESULTS REVEALED INSIDE
PEOPLE’S LEVELS THAT ARE NOT
JUST ELEVATED, THE NUMBERS ARE
ASTRONOMICAL.
ASTRONOMICAL. >>Man: FROM THE STANDPOINT OF
THE STATE SAYING THAT DOES NOT
AFFECT THE WATER QUALITY HERE
AS OF RIGHT NOW.
>> THEY ARE TELLING US THERE IS
NO HEALTH CONCERN ON THIS
BECAUSE IT IS NOT IN THE
DRINKING WATER BUT IT IS A
VALID CONCERN.
VALID CONCERN. DOWNSTREAM AND EVENTUALLY GETS
INTO THE DRINKING WATER.
>>Reporter: IT IS TOO EARLY TO
TELL IF WATER OR SOIL HAS BEEN
AFFECTED IN ANY WAY WITH THE
PEOPLE’S NUMBERS SO CONCERNING
INVESTIGATORS HOPING NOW TO GET
SUPER FUNDING STATUS TO CLEAN
UP THIS MESS ONCE AND FOR ALL.
>> YEAR AFTER YEAR AFTER YEAR
HE’S GETTING VIOLATIONS AND
IT’S STILL DID NOT GET TO THE
POINT WHERE THEY WERE COMING IN
AND SEEING WHAT WAS GOING ON
FOR 20 YEARS.
THAT’S MY PROBLEM WITH THIS.
>> HE MAY HAVE IGNORED IT ALL.
DOESN’T SEEM LIKE THERE WAS
ANYONE FROM ANY AGENCY DOING
ENOUGH TO SHUT IT DOWN.
THE ISSUE WITH THE BUILDING OF
PROPERTY NOT JUST MAY BE FOUND
ON THE INSIDE BUT TAKE A LOOK
AT THE OUTSIDE.
IT IS A HUGE DUMPING GROUND.
A BIG CONCERN FOR THE CITY OF
DETROIT.
DETROIT. BACK HERE IN MEDICINE HIDES WE
ARE TOLD THE WATER AND SOIL
SAMPLES HAVE NOW COME BACK BUT
THOSE NUMBERS BEING EVALUATED
BY THE EPA.
THE HOPE OBVIOUSLY IS A MESS ON
THE INSIDE DID NOT IMPACT THE
ENVIRONMENT OUTSIDE.
ENVIRONMENT OUTSIDE. BACK AT HER LIVE SO A LOT OF
THIS INFORMATION COMING TO US
WITHIN THE LAST FEW MINUTES AND
AGAIN LET ME MAKE IT CLEAR.
THE SITUATION IN DETROIT
UNFOLDING RIGHT NOW THE CITY
LEADERS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT
WHAT WAS DISCOVERED IN THAT
BUILDING OWNED BY GARY SAYERS.
AGAIN SEVERAL EIGHT BY 10
CONCRETE PITS AND VISUAL
INSPECTION INSPECTOR SAY THAT
THAT SUBSTANCE THAT WAS FOUND
INSIDE LOOKS VERY SIMILAR TO
WHAT WAS FOUND HERE ALONG THE
ROADWAY ALONG 696.
AS A PROACTIVE STEP THE CITY IS
NOT ONLY GOING TO WORK TO
SECURE THAT BUILDING ASAP BUT
THE EPA IS ON ALERT AND SO IS
EAGLE I NEED TO FIND OUT
EXACTLY WHAT IS IN THAT
BUILDING AND IF IT IS A THREAT
OR CONCERN TO THOSE WHO LIVE
AND WORK NEARBY.
LIVE IN MEDICINE HIDES HANK
WINCHESTER BACK TO YOU.
>>Anchor: HANK DO WE KNOW IN
THE EPA IS EXPECTED TO RELEASE
THE NEXT ROUND OF TEST RESULTS?
>>Reporter: DEVON THAT IS IN
REGARDS TO THE SITUATION HERE
IN MEDICINE HIDES.
WE KNOW THEY HAVE THOSE NUMBERS
RIGHT NOW AND THEY ARE TAKING A
LOOK AT THEM AND EVALUATING
THEM WE ARE TOLD THAT PROCESS
COULD TAKE UP TO A WEEK.
>>Anchor: GOOD TIME TO MENTION
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