[CPEO-BIF] Bennington, Vermont vapor intrusion

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[The soil gas readings reported in this article don't seem right. - LS]

Toxin levels elevated in three homes

REBECCA ROBINSON
Bennington Banner (VT)
March 2, 2007


BENNINGTON - The results from the first round of soil and groundwater 
tests on and around the Energizer plant were made public on Thursday, 
and while the majority of samples were below risk levels, half of the 
six the residential properties tested had higher-than-acceptable levels 
of tetrachloroethene (PCE) and trichloroethene (TCE).

Air sampling in some of the buildings is expected during the next step 
of the testing process.

Jeff Schroeder, the plant manager, said that, after collecting 
approximately 30 different samples from Energizer's property and six 
residential properties immediately adjacent to the plant, "the majority 
of samples were at levels below groundwater and soil gas screening 
values that were established jointly with Environmental Resource 
Management and the state Department of Environmental Conservation."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.benningtonbanner.com/localnews/ci_5337995

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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>
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