[CPEO-BIF] Hillcrest (NY) TCE exposure

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State outlines Hillcrest pollution

BY TOM WILBER
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (NY)
June 24, 2005

HILLCREST -- Scientists have come a long way in understanding how
pollution is affecting homes in this residential neighborhood, but more
work is necessary, state officials told about 70 people at a public
meeting Thursday evening. 

 
Officials from the state departments of Health and Environmental
Conservation updated residents on the latest findings of an
investigation that began in 1999, shortly after six children in the
neighborhood developed cancer. 

Highlights included: 

* Contractors should complete work in about 60 days to install
ventilation systems beneath about 65 buildings to keep trichloroethylene
(TCE) vapors from entering, said Thomas Suozzo, an engineer for the DEC.
They also will seal cracks or drains in about 14 homes to keep vapors
out. 

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pressconnects.com/today/news/stories/ne062405s174464.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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