[CPEO-BIF] Nyanza dye factory, vapor intrusion, Ashland, MA

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Toxic basements? Groundwater plume from Nyanza still sends vapors into homes

By Jon Brodkin
Metrowest Daily News (MA)
August 24, 2006

ASHLAND -- The defunct Nyanza dye factory poses a cancer risk to 
residents in dozens of homes today, 28 years after the factory closed, 
because a half-mile long plume of contaminated groundwater is sending 
vapor into their basements, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
said yesterday.

The agency is offering to install systems that stop harmful gases from 
entering buildings in about 45 homes and five commercial buildings near 
the Superfund site.

A new EPA risk assessment found that people who breathe air contaminated 
by vapors from Nyanza for 30 years have an increased risk of developing 
cancer. The danger is primarily from trichloroethene (TCE), which can 
cause nerve, kidney and liver damage and liver or lung cancer, according 
to the EPA.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=138667

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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
http://www.cpeo.org

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