[CPEO-BIF] Perkasie (PA) TCE investigations

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Officials update residents on TCE


By: HILARY BENTMAN
The Intelligencer (PA)
March 3, 2005

Federal and state environmental officials were in Perkasie on Wednesday
to update residents about the investigation into the potential
cancer-causing contaminant that lies beneath parts of the borough.

Representatives from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry and the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection were on hand to answer questions
from about 25 residents about the status of the ongoing TCE
investigation in Perkasie.

Decades ago, TCE, or trichloroethylene, a suspected carcinogen, was a
common product in degreasers, paint removers, typewriter correction
fluid and some adhesives. Prolonged exposure to TCE vapors can be a
health risk.

Both the EPA and DEP are conducting separate but overlapping projects in
Perkasie. The EPA is focused on whether residents are breathing harmful
vapors in their homes, and the agency has been testing groundwater, soil
vapors and indoor vapors.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/113-03032005-457866.html

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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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