[CPEO-BIF] More about Norco indoor air (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State to order Wyle to test air in homes

NORCO: Officials find cracks in the bedrock that serve as conduits for 
the contamination.



By PAIGE AUSTIN
Riverside Press-Enterprise CA)
March 18, 2006

This month, state scientists made major strides in tracking plumes of 
toxic waste from Wyle Laboratories, prompting unprecedented plans to 
test inside homes on the streets surrounding the former 
hazardous-testing facility.

Officials with the California Department of Toxic Substances Control 
plan to unveil their findings at a town hall meeting Tuesday.

Most notably, state officials have found cracks in the bedrock below the 
community that serve as conduits for the pollution to travel from Wyle 
into the surrounding neighborhood, which includes Norco High, Norco 
Intermediate and Norco Elementary schools.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_R_wyle18.229ce090.html

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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