[CPEO-BIF] The new New York TCE matrix

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State sets new limits for toxic TCE vapor levels

By Jennie Daley
Ithaca Journal (NY)
November 6, 2006


ITHACA - Following months of review, the New York State Department of 
Health released its new guidelines for indoor air levels of a toxic 
industrial chemical that has been detected in South Hill homes.

The guidelines, posted Oct. 18, dictate how the state responds — or 
requires responsible parties to respond — when trichloroethylene is 
found in soil and indoor air.

Trichloroethylene, more commonly referred to as TCE, was used to 
degrease metal parts at the former Morse Chain site now owned by Emerson 
Power Transmission. Considered a likely human carcinogen, the chemical 
has been detected in the indoor air of homes downhill from the South 
Hill factory. It is believed that the majority of solvent traveled off 
the property via groundwater contaminated by a leaking firewater 
reservoir that contained TCE-polluted water.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061106/NEWS01/611060322/1002
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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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