DENVER — Retired Denver Water employees have recently confessed to burying hazardous waste near homes and schools 20 years ago, according to an article on kwgn.com.
Several workers said they were ordered to bury cement asbestos, radiation asphalt and other toxic chemicals at the Foothills Water Treatment Facility, the story reported.
The retired employees, who suffer from illnesses they believe were caused by asbestos exposure, took their complaints to the Denver Water Board, the article stated.
“It is a toxic burial ground. People are going to die,” said retired worker Joe Pacheco.
Denver Water issued a statement that said, “burying of CA (cement-asbestos) pipe may have occurred, but if it did, it was per standard practice at the time.”
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has not done any specific testing at the Foothills site, but it may be prompted to investigate if it receives enough complaints, according to the story.
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