[CPEO-BIF] Vestal (NY) vapor intrusion

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Vestal homes to be tested for TCE

By Tom Wilber
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (NY)
September 2, 2007

VESTAL -- Six more homes north of a polluted site on Vestal Parkway are 
scheduled to be fitted with special ventilation systems in coming weeks 
after tests found chemical vapors pose a health hazard.

Additionally, 21 more homes in the suburban neighborhood-- between a 
popular pedestrian rail trail and the Susquehanna River -- will be 
tested for the problem in the upcoming heating season, according to 
information from the Department of Environmental Conservation. Homes are 
typically tested when windows are shut and furnaces are running, which 
presents a worse case scenario for chemicals to enter through foundations.

The land, near King and Birch streets, is tainted by a subterranean 
plume of trichloroethylene (TCE) flowing under the Parkway and the rail 
trail from the former Hidden Valley Electronics site -- now occupied by 
American Family Fitness -- about a quarter mile to the south east.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070902/COMMUN02/709020365

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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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