[CPEO-BIF] Garfield Middle School, Garfield, New Jersey

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

In rush to find school sites, N.J. lacks policy to protect public from 
chemical intrusion


By PAUL BRUBAKER
HERALD NEWS (NJ)
September 24, 2007


GARFIELD -- As students walked into the new Garfield Middle School 
building on Lanza Avenue on their first day of school, chemical vapors 
found in June were being extracted from under the property.

A noxious plume of trichloroethylene and perchloroethylene, which had 
evaporated from groundwater 15 feet below the ground's surface, was 
detected by environmental engineers in soil between the school and 
Fleischer Brook, which runs along the western side of the site.

State and local officials said they believed the chemicals were left 
behind by Cameo Cleaners, a dry cleaner that was part of the strip mall 
demolished in 2004 to make way for the school for 1,200 sixth-, 
seventh-, and eighth-grade students.

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http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkzNTcmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTcxOTkzOTkmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk0

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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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