LOCKPORT, N.Y. (WKBW) — A Lockport neighborhood received letters from the EPA saying their properties are contaminated with lead, but one neighbor tells 7 News she was stunned to hear it could take 4-7 years to clean up.
Cindy Bucolo has experienced loss at an alarming rate, her husband, both of her in-laws, and several of her late husband’s siblings have all died from cancer. What they all have in common, living in the same Lockport home for much of their lives.
“I cried because I am alone. I don’t have my husband here to help me, and he probably died because of the contamination,” Cindy said. “I cry every night, I hate to come home, I don’t even want to walk in my house.”
Cindy received a letter from the US Environmental Protection Agency that she feels explains the constant health concerns her family has experienced. Inside that letter, was a map of lead contamination all over her family’s property.
Her Clinton Street home sits just a few blocks from the sight of the former Flintkote plant, an EPA spokesperson says they have been working to clean that Eighteen Mile Creek Superfund site and the surrounding area since 2016…