[CPEO-BIF] Vapor intrusion "crucial test" for New York DEC

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Vapor intrusion may be crucial test for DEC

Steve Orr
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (NY)
December 16, 2007

By some accounts, New York is at the cutting edge on a hot-button 
environmental concern. Others say the state was tardy and has years of 
work to do.

At issue is vapor intrusion, a phenomenon in which chemical vapors can 
rise from underground contamination and accumulate in buildings, putting 
occupants at risk.

Under the state Department of Environmental Conservation's program, 
hundreds of sites around the state are under study for evidence of vapor 
intrusion.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071216/NEWS01/712160333/1002/NEWS

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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



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