[CPEO-BIF] New York starts indoor sampling in Norwich

[lsiegel@cpeo.org]

Air tests to assess pollution in Norwich

BY TOM WILBER
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (NY) 
January 19, 2005 

NORWICH -- Technicians will begin testing air inside 25 to 30 properties
in Norwich this month to see whether they are tainted by fumes from
underground pollution, an official with the state Department of
Environmental Conservation said Monday. 

The work is necessary after tests taken in the fall showed gases from
trichloroethylene (TCE) and 1,1,1 trichloroethane (TCA) in the ground
near the homes, said John Okesson, a technician with the DEC and manager
of the project. 

The properties generally are within 2 acres of the intersection of
Rexford Street and a railway operated by New York Susquehanna and
Western Railway Corp. The chemicals are coming from the edge of the
railway, about 200 feet north of the intersection, according to DEC
records. 

The pollution -- solvents commonly used by many industries -- tend to
evaporate and follow the path of least resistance through the ground.
Sometimes they travel through conduits, pipe beds and air pockets and
enter homes through a process called vapor intrusion. 

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