[CPEO-BIF] Perkasie (PA) vapor intrusion

[lsiegel@cpeo.org]

EPA: TCE-contaminated study area in Perkasie reduced 

By: Emily Morris
News-Herald (PA)
October 5, 2005
 
As part of an ongoing investigation into possible TCE-contaminated vapor
intrusion in Perkasie, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held an
availability session at the Perkasie Fire Company Hall Sept. 29. 

The EPA began investigating Perkasie in September of 2003 for possible
TCE vapor intrusion. TCE is usually linked to previous industrial
activity and can be a potential threat to human health if vapors are
inhaled on a long-term basis. TCE-contaminated groundwater can lead to
vapor entering residential homes and causing health problems.

...

Five homes in Perkasie have had high enough sub-slab tests (above 41
parts per billion) that indoor air samples were required. None of those
samples provided results that are expected to cause adverse health
effects, according to a report by Karl Markiewicz, Ph.D., a senior
toxicologist for the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
(ATSDR). Within those homes, the highest levels were found in the
basement, often a non-living area, and even those levels were not at
health risk.

"The highest levels we've found so far in a basement are 1,000 times
below levels of acute health concern," said Charles Walters, senior
regional representative for the ATSDR who was present at the meeting.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15335076&BRD=1306&PAG=461&dept_id=187826&rfi=6

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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
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