Milford (CT) tests show no migration

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Tests show no contamination


Jill Kaiser Dion
Milford Mirror (CT)
July 29, 2004


Residents on Home Acres Avenue can rest a little easier now that test
results show no soil contamination from the nearby Schick property.

That was the message from the mayor, health director and several other
officials who gathered at Milford City Hall last week to announce the
test results.


 A prepared statement written by Wayne Travers Jr. for Schick-Wilkinson
Sword states that "recent Milford Health Department sampling of
residential properties adjacent to its plant for trichloroethylene (TCE)
revealed no evidence of TCE contamination of the surface soil, shallow
groundwater or soil vapor."

Traces of TCE were detected on the property in the mid-1990s, according
to Milford Health Director A. Dennis McBride. McBride explained it was
common practice at the time for companies to dispose of certain
chemicals in on-site ponds.

...

for the entire article, see
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1347&dept_id=432990&newsid=125)785&PAG=461&rfi=9

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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