[CPEO-BIF] Leander school site, Austin, Texas

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Opinions vary on safety of Leander school site
District plans more testing of land at former chemical company.

M. Nixon
AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN (TX)
February 16, 2007

Expert opinions are mixed about the safety of a former chemical company 
site where a Leander district elementary school is set to open this 
fall, and about the speed at which the district purchased the land.

Parents have raised safety questions about the former research and 
development facility operated by Sasol North America Inc., 
wherechemicals such as the cancer-causing agent benzene were used. The 
facility produced chemicals used in household products such as shampoos 
and soaps.

The largest building on the site will be renovated and used for the 
school. Initial testing of the site found no harmful amounts of chemicals.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.statesman.com/news/content/news/stories/local/02/16/16chemical.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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