[CPEO-BIF] Hillcrest (NY) vapor intrusion investigation

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Pollution tests stepped up at 50 Hillcrest houses

Officials seek to pinpoint source

BY TOM WILBER
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (NY)
January 30, 2005

HILLCREST -- Scientists and technicians are working inside and outside
of houses to find and clean industrial pollution in Hillcrest, as an
investigation sparked by a rash of childhood cancers enters its eighth
year. 

Contractors working for the state Department of Environmental
Conservation are in the process of taking indoor air samples in about 50
houses, according to Thomas Suozzo, a scientist for the DEC. More houses
may be tested later this winter. 

Meanwhile, representatives from CAE Electronics and Triple Cities Metal
Finishing are testing and designing methods to remove a subterranean
plume of gaseous solvents coming from factories on Nowlan Road. 

Scientists must assess more precisely where the vapors are coming from
before they can determine a comprehensive strategy to clean them, Suozzo
said. The cleanup plan has three main aspects: 

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.pressconnects.com/today/news/stories/ne013005s144750.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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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