[CPEO-BIF] Vinyl chloride at Norco High School (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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.

...

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