Martinsville, IN air tests

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

No connection found to courthouse air problem
AEE releases air testing results

By By Amy Hillenburg
Mooresville/Decatur Times (IN)
August 18, 2004

MARTINSVILLE - Astbury Environmental Engineering, Inc. recently
conducted air sampling at a number of buildings, in and around the
Martinsville square, in compliance with an Environmental Protection
Agency order. 

The testing is another step in the county government?s efforts to clean
up air problems that stem from a former dry cleaning business downtown. 

Prior to the round of air testing done this summer, buildings and homes
in a compact area on the west side of the square had been checked for
potentially harmful vapors. Cleanup already is under way at some sites
following results of those tests. 

The dry cleaning business, Masterwear, was located at 28-1/2 N. Main St.
While the business has been gone for years, chemicals the business used
have been found to be the cause of air contamination problems. 

The Martinsville Reporter-Times office was among the new locations
selected for additional testing and canisters were used to test the air
in the Reporter building at 60 S. Jefferson. 

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