[CPEO-BIF] Whisman Station vapor results

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[Note: After the meeting covered in this story, members of the Northeast
Mountain View Advisory Council discussed wording that would qualify
Schlosser's statement slightly. - LS]


Whisman homes safe, residents agree 
Neighbors still want cleanup of toxic water, soil 


By Jon Wiener 
Mountain View Voice (CA)
February 25, 2005 


Results from a large-scale search for toxic pollution at Whisman Station
indicate that residents are safe for the time being. But neighborhood
activists are still concerned about the pollution in the ground water
and soil beneath 503 townhouses at the site. 

"It seems like we have a clean bill of health," said Ed Schlosser, a
resident of the neighborhood and a board member of the Northeast
Mountain View Advisory Council, adding that the continued presence of
trichloroethylene (TCE) contamination below the surface remains an issue
of concern. 

He was responding to the news that TCE, a solvent that has blamed for
increased rates of cancer and other neurological problems, appears not
to be present at dangerously high levels in the air at Whisman Station. 

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mv-voice.com/morgue/2005/2005_02_25.whismn.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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