[CPEO-BIF] More "Southern Tier" (NY) vapor investigation

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Officials to expand search for TCE
Endicott, Hillcrest, Union sites targeted

By Tom Wilber
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (NY)
November 11, 2006

The search for hazardous chemicals leaching into Southern Tier homes and 
businesses -- already involving at least 1,000 Southern Tier properties 
-- will continue to broaden in coming months, state officials said this 
week.

Scientists will expand their search this winter for hazardous fumes from 
underground pollution to include at least 50 additional buildings in 
Endicott, Union and Hillcrest, said Diane Carlton, a spokeswoman for the 
state Department of Environmental Conservation. Additionally, the air in 
about 100 area properties tested last winter will be re-sampled.

This will be the fifth year of a comprehensive search for 
trichloroethylene (TCE) vapors in Southern Tier homes and businesses 
near industrial sites tainted by the common industrial solvent. But it 
is the first year scientists will use a slightly revised policy in 
determining acceptable levels of TCE finalized by the state Department 
of Health last month.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061111/NEWS01/611110313/1006

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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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