[CPEO-BIF] Elevator sampling at IBM, Endicott, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[We've heard for some time that elevators may pull toxic vapors from the 
subsurface up into the upper floors of buildings, yet at IBM the 
elevator TCE readings are comparable to what is normally found in 
outdoor air. Does anyone have evidence elsewhere of seriously elevated 
elevator results? Seriously. - LS]

Report: TCE not leaking into elevators

BY TOM WILBER
Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin )NY)
MAY 20, 2009


ENDICOTT - Air in elevators on the Huron Campus tested positive for 
traces of TCE, but not at levels suggesting they are an accomplice to 
high concentrations of the toxic chemicals migrating under the building, 
according to a report from state environmental officials.

Chemicals are not likely coming up into Building 18 through the 
elevators, but they are going down through the shallow aquifer into the 
bedrock, said William Wertz, a geologist with the state Department of 
Environmental Conservation. That, and the migration of TCE from under 
the former IBM Campus on North Street into other parts of the 
neighborhood, continues to create a hazard that must be cleaned at its 
source, he said.

....

TCE concentration in Building 18 elevators ranged from 0.41 to 0.22 
micrograms per cubic meter, according to an analysis of samples 
collected last month.
....

For the entire article, see
http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20090520/NEWS01/905200386/Report++TCE+not+leaking+into+elevators

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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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