[CPEO-BIF] Vapor Intrusion in Endicott (NY) workplaces

[lsiegel@cpeo.org]

TCE tainting air at Huron site
Tests find vapors in 11 buildings

BY TOM WILBER
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (NY)
September 28, 2005 


ENDICOTT -- A hazardous chemical polluting hundreds of properties in the
village is also tainting air on the Huron Campus, according to tests by
state environmental and health officials. 
 
The results do not suggest significant health risks to workers, but do
show the need to speed up efforts to clean the pollution, health
officials said. 

At least 11 buildings at the sprawling microelectronics plant, once home
to IBM Corp., are contaminated with trichloroethylene (TCE) vapors above
the state guideline of 5 micrograms per cubic meter of air, according to
test results. They were presented Tuesday to about 10 residents, known
as the Western Broome Environmental Stakeholders Coalition, at the
Endicott First United Methodist Church. 

Samples were conducted inside, outside and beneath 36 buildings
throughout the campus. Concentrations in outdoor air samples showed no
significant levels of the chemicals. Samples from beneath the buildings
over the most concentrated areas of pollution, such as building 18,
showed TCE vapors up to 77,000 micrograms per cubic meter. 

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