[CPEO-BIF] Endicott (NY) vapor intrusion meeting

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

TCE report stirs anger at Endicott meeting
Residents, officials frustrated by slow process at state level


By Tom Wilber
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (NY)
February 3, 2006

ENDICOTT - State policy-makers determining guidelines for acceptable
human exposure to TCE didn't factor in studies that link the chemical
with testicular cancer and lymphoma in animals, and other significant
findings, according to a state Assembly report issued Thursday.

The result, according to advocates, is a lax policy that is blind to the
consequences of trichloroethylene (TCE) exposure in places like
Endicott, where elevated rates of testicular cancer have been documented
in residents living in neighborhoods tainted by TCE and similar solvents.

The report also recommends policy-makers account for another important
factor now lacking in their TCE policy ? body weights and inhalation
rates of children, who are most vulnerable to health risks from chemical
vapors. The state's guideline of TCE exposure ? 5 micrograms per cubic
meter of air ? would be hundreds of times lower if policy-makers took
into account these factors and other information now available on risks
from the chemical, according to the report. That other information
includes studies cited in a 2001 assessment by the federal Environmental
Protection Agency that found the chemical was much more toxic than
previously believed.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060203/NEWS01/602030318/1001

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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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