[CPEO-BIF] Residents "safe" at Mountain View (CA) vapor site

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Whisman station is safe, says EPA 
Some residents still concerned 

By Jon Wiener 
Mountain View Voice (CA)
January 28, 2005

Chemicals in the ground water and soil are not seeping into Whisman
Station homes, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA). 

Defense contractor GTE, which polluted the site, hired a consultant to
conduct a yearlong search for toxic gas in the homes. The investigation
sampled more than 40 homes in the development that were deemed to be
most vulnerable to contamination, though several other homeowners
refused to participate. 

Testing found levels considered unsafe by the EPA in three homes. In two
of those homes, scientists blamed common household products for the
positive test results. At a third, the company paid to install a
below-ground ventilation the system that it says has eliminated the
problem. 

"Nobody is being exposed to non-health-protective levels of TCE," said
EPA project manager John Moody. 

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mv-voice.com/morgue/2005/2005_01_28.nmac.shtml

-- 


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>
http://www.cpeo.org
_______________________________________________
Brownfields mailing list
Brownfields@list.cpeo.org
http://www.cpeo.org/mailman/listinfo/brownfields