Homes On Dumps Across America

Homes on or adjacent to closed dumps:

CALIFORNIA

Alameda County
Oakland - Verdese Carter Park neighborhood

Contra Costa County
Hercules - Bayside Village

Fresno County
Fresno Sanitary Landfill - neighborhood between Jensen, West, North, and Marks avenues

Los Angeles County
Calabasas - Saratoga Hills subdivision
North Hollywood - California Laurel homes developed by Kaufman and Broad
Monrovia - Tropi-Cal Mobile Estates
Monterey Park/Montebello - neighborhoods adjacent to closed Operating Industries Landfill
Palos Verdes - Homes near South Coast Botanic Garden and Ernie Howlett Park.
Pomona - Walnut Hills Mobile Home Park and Pomona Islander Mobile Home Park
Santa Monica - Mountain View Mobile Home Park
Wilmington - Imperial Mobile Estates

Marin County
Fairfax - Oak Manor Drive - cancer cluster

Mendocino County
Laytonville - North Road - cancers, respiratory illness

Monterey County
Casanova Oak Knoll - cancer cluster

Orange County
Fullerton - Los Coyotes Country Club neighborhood
Huntington Beach - Edison Community Park neighborhood - cancer cluster
                                 Magnolia Street and Pacific Coast Highway neighborhood
                                 Bolsa Chica condominiums by Mola Development Corp.
Orange - Goldenrod Lane and Crest de Ville  homes
Rancho Margarita - Rancho Santa Margarita homes adjacent to former Trabuco Bombing Range
Yorba Linda - Kellogg Terrace condominiums

San Diego County
San Diego - Del Sur "green" community built on WWII bombing range
San Marcos - Elfin Forest neighborhood

Santa Barbara County
Goleta - Tajiguas Landfill on Calle Real adjacent neighborhoods
Santa Maria - Unocal Orcutt Tank Farm under homes on Palomino Drive
Solvang - Ballard Canyon Landfill adjacent homes

Solano County
Benecia - Southampton subdivisions

Ventura County
Camarillo - Via Pacheco and Paseo Montelena neighborhood
Oxnard - Oxnard Dunes subdivision, River Ridge subdivision, California Cove subdivision
Simi - Larwin Homes on Currier Avenue

CONNECTICUT
Hamden - Newhall Street neighborhood - cancer cluster
Southington - Black Pond neighborhood - cancer cluster

FLORIDA
Land O'Lakes - Suncoast Meadows Homes
Miramar (near Fort Lauderdale) - Hampshire Homes
Orlando - Vista Lakes built on WWII bombing range with live ordnance
Plant City - Park Road and U.S. 92 neighborhood cancer cluster
Seffner - homes near Taylor Road, Department of Transportation, and Hillsborough Heights landfills
Plant City - Park Road and U.S. 92 neighborhood - cancer cluster
Seffner - homes near Taylor Road, Department of Transportation, and Hillsborough Heights landfills

IDAHO
Moreland - neighborhood adjacent to abandoned Moreland Dump - cancer cluster

ILLINOIS
Chicago - Altgeld Gardens - cancers, lung and heart ailments, birth defects, miscarriages
Hillside - Homes next to Congress Development Company Dumpsite

LOUISIANA
New Orleans - Golden Plaza homes and Moton Elementary School - cancer cluster
Shreveport - Anderson Island homes - cancers, lupus

MAINE
Fairfield - Middle Road neighborhood - cancer cluster
Wells - Indian Trail subdivision

MARYLAND
Accokeek (southeast of Washington D.C.) - Manning Village by Ryan Homes
Baltimore - Annapolis Road homes and neighborhood park

MASSACHUSETTS
Ashland - Nyanza Chemical Waste Dump adjacent neighborhood - cancer cluster
Attleboro - Shpack Dump and Attleboro Landfill adjacent neighborhood - cancer cluster
Berkley - Cranberry Crossing - cancer cluster
Billerica - Iron Horse Park neighborhood - cancer cluster
Northampton - Glendale Road Landfill adjacent neighborhood - cancer cluster
Norton (Chartley section) - Shpack Dump and Attleboro Landfill adjacent neighborhood - cancer cluster
Pittsfield - Newell Street neighborhood - cancer cluster
Wilmington - Kelly Hill neighborhood - cancers, Hodgkin’s disease, leukemia
Woburn - Industri Plex, W.R. Grace and J.J. Riley Tannery Dumps - cancer cluster

MICHIGAN
Gaines Township, Genesee County
Swartz Creek - cancer cluster
Rochester Hills - Homes near Six Star Landfill (180 acres)

MISSOURI
Weldon Spring - Weldon Spring Park, formerly a radioactive dump - childhood leukemia

NEW HAMPSHIRE
Atkinson - Providence Hill neighborhood - cancer cluster
Gilford - Liberty Hill Road - cancer cluster

NEW JERSEY
North Wildwood - The Tides At Seaboard Point developed by K. Hovnanian Companies
Pitman - Alcyon Lake - adults who attended camp by Alcyon Lake - cancer cluster
Ringwood - neighborhood near Ringwood Landfill, Peters Mine - cancers cluster
Sayreville - Sayreville Landfill II, and Sayreville Landfill III surrounding neighborhoods - cancer cluster
South Amboy - O’Leary Boulevard homes
Toms River - Ciba-Geigy Chemical Dump contaminated community drinking water wells - cancer cluster

NEW YORK
Buffalo - Hickory Woods homes on coke waste from steelmaking operations
Dobbs Ferry - Mercy College Landfill on Hudson River adjacent homes
Endicot - Old Village of Endicott Dump neighborhood
Haverstraw - Warren Court subdivision
Hogansburg - St. Regis Reservation adjacent to General Motors Dump
Irondequoit - Lighthouse Pointe homes on top of former Rochester City Dump
New York City
Manhattan - World Trade Center built on landfill - cancers cluster
Bronx - Pelham Bay - Pelham Park neighborhood - leukemia and Hodgkin’s disease
Bronx - Throgs Neck - Ferry Point Park neighborhood
Bronx - Adlai Stevenson High School and surrounding neighborhood - cancer cluster
Battery Park City - 92-acre landfill and adjacent to World Trade Center
East New York - Spring Creek homes
Rikers Island - Rikers Island Prison
Staten Island - Fresh Kills Landfill and Brookfield Landfill surrounding neighborhoods - cancer cluster
Niagara Falls - Forest Glen Mobile Homes
Orchard Park - Barrington Heights subdivision built by Ryan Homes
Otego - Otego Landfill adjacent homes - cancers and birth defects
Vestal - Stewart Trailer Park
Long Island, New York
 - three aquifers are sole source of Long Island fresh drinking water -
Hempstead - Merrick Landfill
North Hempstead - Port Washington Landfill
Oyster Bay - Old Bethpage Landfill, and Syosset Landfill
East Hampton - Montauk Landfill, East Hampton Landfill
Hauppauge, Town Of Islip - Islip Municipal Sanitary Landfill aka Blydenburgh Road Landfill
East Northport - Northport Veterans Administration Medical Center Landfill
Southampton - North Sea Municipal Landfill
Upton - Brookhaven, RCA Rocky Point, Heins, Pine Road Ecology and Yaphank dumps

OHIO
Garfield Heights - City View Shopping Center neighborhood - brain cancers and other illnesses
Tiffin - Tiffin Dump nearby residents - cancer cluster
Wright-Patterson AFB (outside of Dayton) military housing built adjacent to closed landfill in 1973

PENNSYLVANIA
Norristown - Forrest Avenue and West Elm Street neighborhood - cancer cluster

TENNESSEE
Dickson - Eno Road - TCE in drinking water wells - cancers, stomach polyps, ADHD
Toone - Velsicol Chemical Company Landfill nearby residents - cancers and other illnesses

TEXAS
Houston - Kennedy Heights neighborhood - cancers, lupus, birth defects
                 Southbend subdivision - miscarriages and birth defects
                 Acres Homes subdivision - cancer cluster

UTAH
Spanish Fork - Spanish Fork Ranch subdivision - cancer cluster

VERMONT
Springfield - Springfield Mobile Estates

VIRGINIA
Virginia Beach - Lake Archway subdivision

WASHINGTON
Seattle - Gas Works Park on Lake Union
Lake Washington - Quendall Terminal condominiums formerly Reilley Tar and Chemical Company refinery
Bellingham - Boulevard Park

WASHINGTON, D.C.
Spring Valley - Homes and American University on unexploded ordnance and chemical waste dumps.

Schools On Dumps Across America

Children continue to attend schools on or adjacent to closed dumps even though most old dumpsites contain carcinogenic chemicals and highly flammable, highly explosive landfill gases.

reported cancer clusters are noted after school name 

ALASKA
Sitka
Verstovia School

 ARIZONA
Phoenix
Phoenix Indian School

CALIFORNIA

Los Angeles County

Alhambra
Martha Baldwin Elementary School, 900 S. Almansor St.
San Gabriel High School, 801 Ramona St.

Avocado Heights
Valley High School, 14162 Lomitas Ave.

 Azusa
Victor F. Hodge Elementary School, 700 W. 11th St.

Bellflower
Ernie Pyle Elementary School, 14500 S. Woodruff Ave.

Brentwood
Brentwood School, 100 S. Barrington Pl.

Carson
Ralph J. Bunche Elementary School, 16223 S. Haskins Ln.
Towne Avenue Elementary School, 18924 Towne Ave. - cancer cluster

Claremont
Claremont Colleges, Harvey Mudd College, Pitzer College, Pomona College

Compton
Bunche Middle School, 12338 Mona Blvd.
Caldwell Street Elementary School, 2300 W. Caldwell St.
Clinton Elementary School, 6500 E. Compton Blvd.
Dominguez High School, 15301 San Jose Ave.
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School, 2508 E. 133rd St.
Whaley Middle School, 14401 S. Gibson Ave.

Cudahy
Park Avenue Elementary School, 8020 Park Ave.

Downey
Kirkwood Education Center, 11115 Pangborn Ave.

Glendora
Goddard Middle School, 859 E. Sierra Madre Ave.

Huntington Park
Huntington Park High School, 6020 Miles Ave.

Inglewood
La Tijera Elementary School, 1415 S. LaTijera Blvd.

La Puente
Saint Martha Elementary School, 444 N. Azusa Ave.
Damien High School, 2800 Damien Ave.

Lennox
Felton Elementary School, 10417 S. Felton Ave.

Long Beach
Westerly Elementary School, 2950 E. 29th St.

Los Angeles 90004
Virgil Junior High School, 152 N. Vermont Ave.

Los Angeles 90011
Santee Education Complex, 1921 Maple Ave.

Los Angeles 90012
Ann Street Elementary School, 162 Bloom St.

Los Angeles 90023
Euclid Avenue Elementary School, 806 Euclid Ave.

Los Angeles 90031
Glen Alta Elementary School, 3410 Sierra St.

Los Angeles 90047
St. Francis X. Cabrini Elementary School, 1428 W. Imperial Hwy.
Los Angeles Southwest College, 1600 W. Olympic Blvd.

Los Angeles 90049
Berkeley Hall School, 16000 Mulholland Dr.
The Mirman School, 16180 Mulholland Dr.
Milken Community Middle School, 16190 Mulholland Dr.
Westland School, 16200 Mulholland Dr.

Los Angeles 90061
Vanguard Middle School, 13305 S. San Pedro St.

Los Angeles 90063
Belvedere Junior High School, 312 N. Record Ave.
Marianna Avenue Elementary School, 4215 E. Gleason St.

Los Angeles County
Rio Hondo College, 3600 Workman Mill Rd.
Saint Martha Elementary School, 420 N. Azusa Ave.

Lynwood
Vista High School, 11300 Wright Rd.

Montebello
Vail High School, 1230 S. Vail Ave.

Monterey Park
Hillcrest Elementary School, 795 Pepper St.

North Hollywood
Fair Avenue Elementary School, 6501 Fair Ave.
Sunshine Preschool, 7567 Laurel Canyon Blvd.

Norwalk
John H. Glenn High School, 13520 Shoemaker Ave.
Cora Hargitt Middle School, 12940 E. Foster Rd.
Norwalk Christian Elementary School, 11129 Pioneer Blvd.

Pacific Palisades
Seven Arrows Elementary School, 15240 La Cruz Dr.
Village School, 780 Swarthmore Ave.
Pacific Palisades Elementary School, 800 Via De La Paz
Corpus Christi School, 890 Toyopa Dr.

Paramount
Keppel Elementary School, 6630 Mark Keppel St.

Pasadena
William L. Blair High School, 1201 S. Marengo Ave.

Pomona
C. Joseph Barfield Elementary School, 2181 N. San Antonio Ave.

Rolling Hills Estates
Rancho Vista Elementary School, 4323 Palos Verdes Dr.
North Rolling Hills Country Day School, 26444 Crenshaw Blvd.

Santa Clarita
Bridgeport Elementary School, 23670 Newhall Ranch Rd.

Santa Fe Springs / Los Nietos
Saint Paul High School, 9635 Greenleaf Ave.

Santa Monica
Hill & Dale Preschool-Kindergarten, 1540 26th St.
Edison Elementary School, 2425 Kansas Ave.

South Gate
Tweedy Elementary School, 9515 Pinehurst Ave.

Sun Valley
Arminta Street Elementary School, 11530 Strathern St.
Richard E. Byrd Middle School, 8501 Arleta Ave. (next to Polytechnic High)
John H. Francis Polytechnic High School, 12431 Roscoe Bl. - cancer cluster
Robert Lewis High School, 12508 Wicks St. (same campus as Polytechnic High)
Sun Valley Middle School, 7330 Bakman Ave.

Toluca Lake
Rio Vista Elementary School, 4243 Satsuma Ave.

Torrance
Casimir Middle School, 17220 Casimir Ave.
El Camino College, 16007 Crenshaw Blvd.
Towers Street Elementary School, 5600 Towers St.
Walteria Elementary School, 24456 Madison St.

Van Nuys
Ulysses S. Grant High School, 13000 Oxnard St.
Sylvan Park Elementary School, 6238 Noble Ave.

West Covina
Las Palmas Middle School, 641 N. Lark Ellen Ave.
Rowland Avenue Elementary School, 1355 E. Rowland Ave.
Sunkist Elementary School (closed), 820 N. Phillips Ave.

Whittier
Lake Marie Elementary School, 10001 Carmenita Rd.
South Whittier Intermediate School, 13243 E. Los Nietos Rd.
Whittier College, 13406 E. Philadelphia St.

Wilmington
Los Angeles Harbor College, 1111 Figueroa Pl.
Wilmington Middle School, 1700 Gulf Ave.

Marin County

Corte Madera
Neil Cummins Elementary School

Fairfax
White Hill Junior High School

Larkspur
Children's Cottage Co-Op
Hall Middle School
Redwood High School

Mill Valley
Mill Valley Middle School

Novato
Hamilton Elementary School

Marin Headstart Novato
North Bay Children's Center
Novato Charter School
Saint Vincent's School For Boys

Stinson Beach
Stinson School

Orange County

Anaheim
Mann Elementary School

Huntington Beach
Edison High School

La Palma
John F. Kennedy High School

San Juan Capistrano
Ambuehl Elementary School

Riverside County

Norco
John F. Kennedy Middle College High School
Riverside Community College

San Diego County

San Diego
Bell Middle School
Noah Webster Elementary School

Santa Barbara County

Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara Junior High School

Ventura County

Simi Valley
Mountain View Elementary School

CONNECTICUT

Hamden, New Haven County
Hamden Middle School - cancer cluster

Storrs
University of Connecticut

Stratford
Wooster Middle School

FLORIDA

Fort Lauderdale
Meadowbrook Elementary School

Jacksonville
Jacksonville School on Hipps Road

IOWA

Des Moines
North High School

KANSAS

Hutchinson
Obee Elementary School

LOUISIANA
New Orleans
Moton Elementary School - cancer cluster

MARYLAND

Baltimore
Patterson Senior High School

Fort Meade
Manor View Elementary School

MASSACHUSETTS

Fairhaven
Hastings Middle School

North Adams
Drury High School

Pittsfield
Allendale Elementary School

MICHIGAN

Utica
Eppler Junior High School

Westland
Cooper Elementary School

MISSOURI

Maryland Heights
Pattonville High School

NEW JERSEY

Edison
Peppermint Tree Nursery School

NEW YORK

Elmira
Southside High School - cancer cluster

Endicott
Jennie F. Snapp Middle School

Islip
Whippoorwill School

New York City
Adlai Stevenson High School - cancer cluster
Lycee Francais de New York

NORTH CAROLINA

Durham
Duke University - Sarah P Duke Gardens, West Campus

OHIO

Marion
River Valley Middle/High School complex - cancer cluster

OREGON

Portland
Mill Park School

RHODE ISLAND

Providence
Springfield Elementary-Middle School


TENNESSEE

Chattanooga
Howard High School


TEXAS

Austin
St. Stephen's School
Anderson High School
St. Joseph Rosewood School
Oak Springs School
Winn Elementary School

Corpus Christie
Cunningham Junior High School - cancer cluster

Houston
Weber Elementary School

VERMONT
Rutland, Rutland County
Rutland Town Elementary School - cancer cluster

VIRGINIA

Newport News
Booker T. Washington Middle School

WASHINGTON, D.C.

American University
Child Development Center

WEST VIRGINIA

Chafin Hollow, Chauncey, Logan County
Omar Elementary School - cancer cluster