[CPEO-BIF] Victor Mill, Greer, South Carolina

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Study: Victor Mill toxins 'widespread'

Development prospects could get boost from federal cleanup funds

By Nan Lundeen
Greenville News (SC)
September 19, 2008

GREER -- An analysis by a company hired by the federal government to 
assess environmental hazards at the defunct Victor Mill site shows 
widespread contamination with byproducts of combustion such as coal, 
which must be addressed before the site can be redeveloped.

The site assessment, obtained by The Greenville News through the Freedom 
of Information Act, states, "Analytical results indicate that PAH 
contamination is widespread at the Victor Mill site."

PAHs, or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, "generally are formed during 
the incomplete burning of coal, oil and gas, garbage, or other organic 
substances like tobacco or charbroiled meat," Angela Gorman of the state 
Department of Health and Environmental Control said via e-mail.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.greenvilleonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080919/NEWS01/809190321/1069/YOURUPSTATE01

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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>
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