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After a local brook turned milky white on April 2, the state Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) said on April 5 that the substance that likely caused the color change titanium dioxide “does not exhibit any hazardous characteristics.”
There are no levels of concern and no further testing will be conducted, said Edmund Coletta, director of the MassDEP public affairs office, on April 5.
The Newton Fire Department at 4 p.m. went to Hammond Brook, which runs through Newton Centre Playground, goes to the City Hall Ponds and then into Bullough’s Pond.
“The stream does not flow near public drinking water,” according to Mayor Ruthanne Fuller’s office.