Abandoned south county landfill emitting hazardous chemicals

State-required monitoring shows the abandoned PST landfill in south county is emitting potentially dangerous chemical compounds, one more than seven times the federal safety level.

That discovery is spurring the county to test the local water table for the pollutants.

The county Health Department notified several residents living within a quarter mile of the dump located off of Sands Road in Harwood, that elevated levels of three compounds, all with potentially adverse health effects, were discovered in well-monitoring data.

The letter dated Jan. 2 said elevated levels of the metals beryllium, cadmium and chromium were...