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
Fearing Toxic Fumes, an Oil Port City Takes Matters Into Its Own Hands
By Sabrina Shankman
Activists Gird for a Bigger Battle Over Oil and a Port City’s Tank Farms
By Sabrina Shankman
City’s Air Testing Reveals Troubling Benzene Spikes That Officials Don’t Fully Understand
By Sabrina Shankman
‘This Is Not Normal.’ New Air Monitoring Reveals Hazards in This Maine City.
By Sabrina Shankman
With Giant Oil Tanks on Its Waterfront, This City Wants to Know: What Happens When Sea Level Rises?
By Sabrina Shankman
They Built a Life in the Shadow of Industrial Tank Farms. Now, They’re Fighting for Answers.
By Sabrina Shankman
Parents Become Activists in the Fight over South Portland’s Petroleum Tanks
By Sabrina Shankman
