[CPEO-BIF] Vapor testing in Troy, Ohio

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA to test for chemical in schools
Cancer-causing vapor may have worked its way into basements in Troy.

By Doug Page
Dayton Daily News (OH)
July 3, 2006

TROY — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will begin testing for a 
likely carcinogen in the basements of homes, schools, churches and 
businesses in what could be the largest case in Ohio.

Randy Waterworth of the state EPA said Thursday the federal effort would 
start with three schools — Forest and Van Cleve elementaries and St. 
Patrick School — in about 20 square blocks east of downtown.

Steve Renninger of the federal EPA in Cincinnati said the testing should 
start in the next two weeks.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.daytondailynews.com/search/content/localnews/daily/070706pcetest.html



See also

PCE vapor find surprising, but full meaning yet unclear

By Doug Page
Dayton Daily News (OH)
July 3, 2006

TROY — Finding tetrachloroethylene (PCE) vapor in the air above 
PCE-contaminated soil was expected; finding it at startlingly high 
concentrations in some Troy basements was eye-opening.

"It wasn't until a couple years ago that we started to become concerned 
about vapor" from PCE-contaminated soil, said Steve Martin of the state 
Environmental Protection Agency.

Exposure to PCE, either in the water one drinks or the air one breathes, 
over 30 or more years is thought to cause cancer in humans, based on 
animal testing.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.daytondailynews.com/search/content/localnews/daily/070306pcegas.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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