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[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA wants to test for toxic chemical in Cayuga County

WSYR-TV 9 News (Syracuse, NY)
February 26, 2009

Aurelius, Cayuga County  - The Environmental Protection Agency has sent 
letters to the residents of 90 homes in Aurelius and Union Springs -- 
asking to drill holes in their basements.

The EPA says it wants to test these homes for a substance called 
trichloroethylene. TCE is something some Aurelius residents have been 
dealing with for years now.

Nearly a decade ago, folks living on Overbrook Drive saw a change in 
their creek. The water had turned brown, and fish were dead.  It turns 
out someone had accidentally spilled liquid manure upstream.  That 
incident prompted residents to have the water more closely inspected. 
What they found was TCE.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story/EPA-wants-to-test-for-toxic-chemical-in-Cayuga/1lGUxcL2FUmSjpqftVsqKg.cspx

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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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