[CPEO-BIF] Vapor intrusion near Raytheon, Pinellas County, Florida?

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

More Wells Near Raytheon Plant Tainted, State Says


By GALINA TISHCHENKO
News Channel 8 (Tampa, FL)
August 8, 2008


ST. PETERSBURG - The Florida Department of Environmental Protection is 
reporting six more homes near the Raytheon Defense plant have polluted 
wells.

That brings the total to 19 homes with wells showing levels of 
industrial chemicals that exceed state standards. Dozens more wells 
drilled in the area since April to test for the spread of the chemicals 
have shown traces of them.

The new test results, from samples taken in July, show a widening circle 
of groundwater pollution that now extends as far south as 5th avenue,10 
blocks from the Raytheon plant, and as far west as 76th Avenue, about 
four blocks from the plant.

Azalea Elementary school is on the edge of the known contamination 
plume. The school doesn't use irrigation wells on its property but a 
different problem may be at its doors: Because of the volatile nature of 
the chemicals, experts say, indoor air pollution is a possibility.

Raytheon offered to run a round of indoor air tests while students and 
teachers are still on vacation. Pinellas school officials agreed but 
decided to double-check by running their own tests.


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For the entire article, see
http://suncoastpinellas.tbo.com/content/2008/aug/08/more-wells-near-raytheon-plant-tainted-state-says/

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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
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