[CPEO-BIF] NY Vapor Intrusion Hearing

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Standards for toxins supported
Manning: State action needed

By Dan Shapley
Poughkeepsie Journal (NY)
November 16, 2004

With a protracted national health risk assessment in limbo, the state
Legislature should set its own guideline for dealing with a toxic
chemical that has infiltrated the air in homes north of Hopewell
Junction and around New York and the nation. 

That was the conclusion from Assemblyman Patrick Manning, R-East
Fishkill, the ranking Republican on the Assembly Standing Committee on
Environmental Conservation, after a hearing Monday in Endicott, Broome
County. 

Two East Fishkill residents and Dutchess County Legislator Marge Horton,
R-East Fishkill, all of whom attended the hearing, agreed the guideline
should be revised to better protect health. 

"The levels that they're setting for the people in New York aren't
anywhere near the levels in other places," said Debra Hall, an East
Fishkill resident whose water and air are contaminated, and who
testified Monday. "This should not be. We deserve the same kind of
protection, especially because this has to do with health, especially
because this has to do with children." 

...

for the entire article, see
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/tuesday/localnews/stories/lo111604s1.shtml

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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
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