Activists: Wilmington pollution site has been a persistent problem

By Globe Staff

Environmental activists today are criticizing a Wilmington site as a persistent pollution problem that needs to be corrected.

The Olin Chemical site is an "egregious case," said Alyssa Schuren, the executive director of the Toxics Action Center.

The activists say the company has been "dragging its feet" on cleaning up the chemical manufacturing facility, which closed in 1986.

They're now concerned that Olin will sell the site and new work on the land could shift the contamination.

A spokeswoman for Olin didn't immediately return a message seeking comment.

Activists from the Boston-based center awarded the Olin site one of their Dirty Decade Awards, which they gave to "bad actors" who have failed to make substantial progress in cleaning up their pollution.

The company "has turned a blind eye and a deaf ear to the community," Wilmington resident Kathy Barry said in a statement.

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