Ohio EPA to study Stark site; evidence sways private experts; threats to air, water are risks
By Bob Downing
Beacon Journal staff writer
PIKE, Ohio — A whitish glow showing heat radiating from the Countywide Disposal & Recycling Facility in southern Stark County posed an ominous image on the monitor in Larry Davis’ airplane.
On the ground, nothing was visible in the darkness on Dec. 30.
But for Davis — a Kent pilot who has conducted similar flights with his thermal infrared detection equipment for federal and state agencies — the whitish glow in his cockpit was convincing evidence of what he has believed for months:
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