[CPEO-BIF] Cancer risk closes Addyston (OH) school

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cancer risk closes Addyston school 
Ohio EPA warns of exposure to Lanxess plastics plant fumes

By Dan Klepal and Denise Smith Amos
Cincinnati Enquirer (OH)
December 6, 2005

ADDYSTON - Decades of breathing the air in this West Side town means a
50 times greater risk of contracting cancer because of chemicals coming
from Lanxess Corp., the giant plastics maker operating along the Ohio River.

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, after studying the air for
seven months, ordered the plant to reduce emissions of two key chemicals
in its manufacturing process - acrylonitrile and 1,3-butadiene.

And upon hearing OEPA's analysis of the air study - accomplished after
two monitors were installed on the roof of Meredith Hitchens Elementary
School, directly across the street from the plant - Three Rivers School
District officials decided to close the school for several weeks.

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For the entire article, see
http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051206/NEWS01/512060355

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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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