Massachusetts Contamination Data

We checked the federal record around Suffolk County — 2,900 documented sites across 7 of the 9 source types we track, 24 of them high-severity.

The most significant on record: 21 Superfund sites. Sites tracked in EPA's Superfund program — from assessment-stage CERCLIS entries to confirmed National Priorities List cleanup sites.

Suffolk County carries one of the heavier federal records we track — 2,900 documented sites, most of them brownfields. That's a record of the area's history, not a verdict on any one yard: proximity to a documented site is information, not a diagnosis. Before food beds go in, a professional soil test tells you exactly what you're working with — and raised beds with clean imported soil grow well almost anywhere in the meantime.

We checked the federal record around Barnstable County — 4,626 documented sites across 6 of the 9 source types we track, 23 of them high-severity.

The most significant on record: 15 Superfund sites. Sites tracked in EPA's Superfund program — from assessment-stage CERCLIS entries to confirmed National Priorities List cleanup sites.

Barnstable County carries one of the heavier federal records we track — 4,626 documented sites, most of them nitrate. That's a record of the area's history, not a verdict on any one yard: proximity to a documented site is information, not a diagnosis. Before food beds go in, a professional soil test tells you exactly what you're working with — and raised beds with clean imported soil grow well almost anywhere in the meantime.

We checked the federal record around Middlesex County — 8,635 documented sites across 7 of the 9 source types we track, 135 of them high-severity.

The most significant on record: 105 Superfund sites. Sites tracked in EPA's Superfund program — from assessment-stage CERCLIS entries to confirmed National Priorities List cleanup sites.

Middlesex County carries one of the heavier federal records we track — 8,635 documented sites, most of them brownfields. That's a record of the area's history, not a verdict on any one yard: proximity to a documented site is information, not a diagnosis. Before food beds go in, a professional soil test tells you exactly what you're working with — and raised beds with clean imported soil grow well almost anywhere in the meantime.

We checked the federal record around Norfolk County — 3,591 documented sites across 7 of the 9 source types we track, 57 of them high-severity.

The most significant on record: 36 Superfund sites. Sites tracked in EPA's Superfund program — from assessment-stage CERCLIS entries to confirmed National Priorities List cleanup sites.

Norfolk County carries one of the heavier federal records we track — 3,591 documented sites, most of them brownfields. That's a record of the area's history, not a verdict on any one yard: proximity to a documented site is information, not a diagnosis. Before food beds go in, a professional soil test tells you exactly what you're working with — and raised beds with clean imported soil grow well almost anywhere in the meantime.

We checked the federal record around Essex County — 3,658 documented sites across 7 of the 9 source types we track, 76 of them high-severity.

The most significant on record: 52 Superfund sites. Sites tracked in EPA's Superfund program — from assessment-stage CERCLIS entries to confirmed National Priorities List cleanup sites.

Essex County carries one of the heavier federal records we track — 3,658 documented sites, most of them brownfields. That's a record of the area's history, not a verdict on any one yard: proximity to a documented site is information, not a diagnosis. Before food beds go in, a professional soil test tells you exactly what you're working with — and raised beds with clean imported soil grow well almost anywhere in the meantime.

We checked the federal record around Bristol County — 3,086 documented sites across 7 of the 9 source types we track, 61 of them high-severity.

The most significant on record: 50 Superfund sites. Sites tracked in EPA's Superfund program — from assessment-stage CERCLIS entries to confirmed National Priorities List cleanup sites.

Bristol County carries one of the heavier federal records we track — 3,086 documented sites, most of them brownfields. That's a record of the area's history, not a verdict on any one yard: proximity to a documented site is information, not a diagnosis. Before food beds go in, a professional soil test tells you exactly what you're working with — and raised beds with clean imported soil grow well almost anywhere in the meantime.