Press Release: Greater Boston PSR Challenges State’s Health Impact Assessment January 13, 2019

In response to the Health Impact Assessment (HIA) released in early January 2019 by the Massachusetts
Department of Environmental Protection and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health of the proposed natural gas compressor station in the Town of Weymouth, Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility issued this statement: HIA Weymouth Press Release Jan 12 2019

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