[CPEO-BIF] Energizer (Bennington, Vermont) vapor results

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Factory: Toxins pose no threat

REBECCA ROBINSON
Bennington Banner (VT)
May 22, 2007


BENNINGTON - A second round of testing the air in Gage Street homes for 
solvents that may have leaked off the grounds of the Energizer plant has 
led state officials and Energizer Plant Manager Jeffrey Schroeder to 
determine that there is no immediate threat to human health posed by 
current solvent levels on property surrounding the plant.

Schroeder said Monday that the second round of indoor air sampling 
conducted at four homes near the plant on Gage Street "showed results 
similar to earlier test data ... and, since these results do not 
indicate a threat to human health, no other action needs to be taken at 
present."

Results confirmed

Schroeder said that consultants from Connecticut-based environmental 
firm Environmental Resource Management, and state Department of 
Environmental Conservation representative Michael Smith used the second 
round of testing to verify the results of the first round.

"We just wanted to confirm the sources (of the solvents), and make sure 
nothing in the homes was producing this type of contamination," said 
Schroeder.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.benningtonbanner.com/headlines/ci_5953765

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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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