[CPEO-BIF] Rochester, New York school debate

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Brownfield babies

By Tim Louis Macaluso
Rochester City Newspaper (NY)
July 15, 2009

More questions were raised than answered at last night's City School 
District meeting regarding a potentially dangerous Brownfield site.

State representatives from the Department of Health and Department of 
Environmental Conservation gave parents, some School Board members, and 
community leaders a lengthy presentation on what their research has 
uncovered regarding 690 St. Paul Street.

But the presentation quickly dissolved into testy exchanges between 
concerned parents and a representative of the site's owner - Genesee 
Valley Real Estate Co.

Tests revealed low levels of trichloroethylene, or TCE, in air and some 
soil samples as deep as bedrock. TCE is a solvent that is still used in 
paint, ink, adhesives, and in grease removal solutions. It is known to 
cause brain damage in humans after prolonged, high-level exposures.


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For the entire article, see
http://rochestercitynewspaper.com/news/blog/2009/07/MACALUSO-Brownfield-babies/

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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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