From: | Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com> |
Date: | 19 Oct 2007 18:40:27 -0000 |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Norco High (CA) - Wyle "not to blame" |
Wyle Labs not to blame Source of school contamination still unknown By Liset Marquez Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (CA) October 19, 2007NORCO - The state's Department of Toxic Substances Control has confirmed that Wyle Laboratories is not the source of airborne chemicals found in Norco High School's science building. Rafat Abbasi, project manager for the state's Department of Toxic Substances Control, said the source is likely coming from inside the building, though it is still unknown. Wyle Labs, on 400-plus acres to the east of the current high school, tested munitions for the federal government in the 1950s and '60s. Tests have shown that some chemicals in the groundwater may have moved from the Wyle site to under nearby residential neighborhoods. The chemicals include trichloroethylene, vinyl chloride and perchlorate. ... For the entire article, see http://www.dailybulletin.com/news/ci_7219970 -- 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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