[CPEO-BIF] Ashland Chemical, Binghamton, NY

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

City firm to probe chemical pollution

Ashland to study effect on nearby properties

BY TOM WILBER
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (NY)
July 27, 2005

Ashland Chemical, a hazardous waste warehousing business in Binghamton,
will begin an investigation to see whether pollution at the site is
affecting nearby properties, a health official said Tuesday. 

The ground beneath the hazardous waste storage company on Broad Street
is polluted with trichloroethylene (TCE) that could be forming gases and
pushing into basements of nearby properties, said Ron Brink, an official
with the Broome County Department of Health. 

The company, overseen by state health and environmental agencies, will
begin testing soil and properties within a two- to three-block area
around the site, Brink said. 

"There is going to be a very thorough investigation in and around those
houses," Brink told a group of residents and advocates at a meeting
Tuesday evening at Endicott's First United Methodist Church. 

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.pressconnects.com/today/news/stories/ne072705s181052.shtml


 


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