2006 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 1 Jul 2006 20:55:35 -0000
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Vinyl chloride at Norco High School (CA)
 
More of pollutant found at school

By LAURA RICO and PAIGE AUSTIN
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
June 30, 2006

The California Department of Toxic Substances Control found that indoor air samples taken from a Norco High School building contained low concentrations of vinyl chloride, according to test results evaluated this week. Previous tests of the building found no traces of the cancer-causing compound.

"There really is no risk to the children and faculty," said Rafat Abbasi, a senior project manager with the department. "But the fact that vinyl chloride was detected is a source of concern for us."

The building, known on campus as building B and D, houses a library, classrooms and a science lab.

Vinyl chloride is a breakdown product of trichloroethylene (TCE), the main pollutant at Wyle Labs, a hazardous testing facility that closed down two years ago.

The department is trying to pinpoint the source of contamination by requiring additional tests of soil gas, groundwater and indoor air.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/localnews/corona/stories/PE_News_Local_B_wyle01.23c7689.html

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