From: | Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com> |
Date: | 30 Sep 2007 01:07:35 -0000 |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Old Chrysler plant, Dayton, Ohio |
Our View: Chrysler, EPA need to test homes Editorial Dayton Daily News (OH) September 16, 2007The soil and groundwater beneath dozens of city blocks south of the old Chrysler plant (now Behr Dayton Thermal Products) off Webster Street in North Dayton are seriously polluted. The main toxin is trichloroethylene, or TCE, a degreasing solvent that is a suspected carcinogen. The chemical also may cause nerve, kidney or liver damage, according to the National Academy of Science and other health experts. The Behr site is "hot" - full scope of the health risks or how many families in a working-class neighborhood of several hundred are living with unacceptable levels of TCE vapors in their homes. ... For the entire editorial, see http://www.daytondailynews.com/search/content/oh/story/opinions/editorial/2007/09/16/ddn091607behrxxer.html -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center 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 _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@list.cpeo.org http://www.cpeo.org/mailman/listinfo/brownfields | |
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