[CPEO-BIF] "Traces of chemical found in Albany [OR] schools"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Traces of chemical found in Albany schools

By SEAN WOLFE
Corvallis Gazette-Times (OR)
April 6, 2005

ALBANY - Air samples have shown minute traces of tri-chloroethylene, or
TCE, a probable cancer agent, inside Albany's Liberty School as well as
outdoors. But the school is not alone: Control tests conducted at
Sunrise School and West Albany High School displayed similar levels of
the chemical.

Where it's coming from, no one's sure. 

Showing up in concentrations of parts per trillion, the chemical may
come from groundwater contamination but also from common materials such
as White-Out and rug shampoo, according to Geoff Brown, a project
manager for the Department of Environmental Quality.

Those were the findings reported at a public meeting at Liberty on
Monday night, which drew a small gathering of about 30 people.

The open question is why the levels of TCE in the air at West and
Sunrise are comparable to those found at Liberty. Brown said the DEQ
would sample soil vapors, and inventory products used at the school to
see which, if any, products could be contributing to the higher than
expected levels.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.gazettetimes.com/articles/2005/04/06/news/community/wedloc07.txt

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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