[CPEO-BIF] Energizer vapor intrusion, Bennington, Vermont

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Test show high chemical levels in 4 homes

REBECCA ROBINSON
Bennington Banner (VT)
April 25, 2007

BENNINGTON - The first round of indoor air sampling in four homes near 
the Energizer battery plant has revealed levels of cancer-causing 
chemicals that are above the state median.

Michael Smith, a site director for the Waste Management Division of the 
state Department of Environmental Conservation, said Tuesday that the 
results were based on samples of indoor air taken from the basements of 
four homes directly adjacent to the plant on Gage Street.

Those results showed that the levels of the compounds tetrachloroethene 
(PCE) and trichloroethene (TCE) were above the state's indoor air 
screening levels of .57 micrograms per meter cubed for PCE and .5 
micrograms per meter cubed for TCE in the houses sampled.

"Summa" canisters that function as vacuums were placed in the basement 
and first floor of the houses and allowed to collect air for 24 hours. 
The canisters were then sent to a lab for analysis of the air they 
contained.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.benningtonbanner.com/headlines/ci_5744640

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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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