Fumes in South Portland
A series of first-person stories that chronicle ICN reporter Sabrina Shankman’s ‘real-time’ investigation of fumes from heated storage tanks in South Portland, Maine, and the growing fears among residents who live nearby. Shankman, who also lives in the area with her family, follows the efforts of her neighbors as they try to solve a mystery: Are the fumes emanating from the storage tanks of the nation’s easternmost oil port harming their kids?
Fumes from Petroleum Tanks in this City Never Seem to Go Away. What Are the Kids Breathing?
As South Portland, Maine, embarks on an air monitoring program, day care providers, the mayor and our reporter begin the search for answers.
By Sabrina Shankman
