[CPEO-BIF] Venting TCE from Sanmina site in Owego, NY

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

TCE levels 'high' under Sanmina site

System being built to vent gases from under buildings

BY TOM WILBER
Press & Sun-Bulletin 
May 17, 2005

TOWN OF OWEGO -- Traces of hazardous gases are showing up inside the
Sanmina SCI complex -- workplace for about 750 people in the Town of
Owego -- prompting the company to install a system to pull pollution
from under the circuit board manufacturing plant. 

Trichloroethylene (TCE) has been found at concentrations 40 times higher
than a guideline recently set by the state Department of Health,
according to records filed with the state Department of Environmental
Conservation. 

The chemical raises the risk of illnesses ranging from rashes to cancer
in people exposed to enough of it. 

Johannes Peeters, director of the Tioga County Department of Health,
said Monday he was unaware of the results. He was checking with state
health officials to determine what, if any, effects chemical exposure
could have on workers. 

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pressconnects.com/today/topstories/stories/to051705s166857.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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