Rep. John T. Galloway 140th Legislative District Bucks County

Levittown Shopping Center

April 11, 2007 - Galloway: Firefighters may have been exposed to asbestos - phillyBurbs.com (State Rep. John T. Galloway is worried that dozens of firefighters were exposed to asbestos during a training drill four years ago at the Levittown Town Center.) April 11, 2007 - Firefighters Exposed to Asbestos? - Mesothelioma and Asbestos Awareness Center (A Pennsylvania state representative believes that dozens of firefighters may have been exposed to asbestos during training exercises at a dilapidated shopping center in Levittown/Tullytown, a suburb of Philadelphia.) April 10, 2007 - DEP inspectors find possible illegal dumping at former mall site - WHP-TV21, Harrisburg (State environmental investigators who were checking for asbestos contamination at a former shopping center site in Bucks County say they've found signs of possible illegal dumping.) April 10, 2007 - Illegal dumping probed at Levittown Town Center - Bucks County Courier Times (A state Department of Environmental Protection inspection into possible asbestos contamination at the site of the Levittown Town Center in Tullytown might have uncovered illegal dumping at the property, a department official said Monday.) April 7, 2007 - DEP inspectors survey Town Center property - MSNBC.com (Two air quality inspectors with the state Department of Environmental Protection walked the craggy, sprawling site of the demolished Levittown Shopping Center in Tullytown on Friday after a previous asbestos violation came to light this week.) April 6, 2007 - EPA didn't tell borough about asbestos hazards - MSNBC.com (In April and May 2002 a federal inspector visited the demolition of the Levittown Shopping Center and saw asbestos-containing material ) April 6, 2007 - State DEP to inspect Town Center site - Bucks County Courier Times (In the wake of an asbestos controversy at the demolished Levittown Shopping Center, the state Department of Environmental Protection plans to inspect the 50-acre Tullytown site next week, a department spokeswoman said Thursday.) April 5, 2007 - Town Finds Out About Asbestos Threat Five Years after Fact - Asbestos and Mesothelioma News (A suburban Philadelphia township that's home to a long-defunct shopping center, has just learned that the state Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fined the center's owner five years ago for rampant asbestos violations.) April 5, 2007 - Experts say health risks should be minimal for residents - MSNBC.com (Neighbors of the former Levittown Shopping Center, where asbestos was improperly removed in 2002, likely face a minimal risk for long-term health risks, according to health experts, including a New York City doctor who has monitored the health of ground zero workers.)