[CPEO-BIF] Dayton (OH) wants continuing indoor air testing

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

EPA owes more to residents of McCook Field

Editorial
Dayton Daily News (OH)
July 20, 2009


Dayton has a nasty environmental mess on its hands. The problem deserves 
faster action and more responsiveness from the U.S. Environmental 
Protection Agency.

...

More than 200 homes already have had special vacuum systems installed to 
suck out potentially dangerous vapors. With the systems, the EPA 
believes the homeowners are safe. They are designed to keep indoor air 
safe by redirecting TCE fumes to the outdoors.

But neighbors want - and deserve - better assurance than that. In a 
YouTube video, activists make the case for the EPA to conduct regular 
testing of the air inside affected homes that have the vacuum systems. 
(Keep in mind that some houses needed a second vacuum system to bring 
the vapor levels down far enough, and, as the plume migrates, 
concentrations can change.)


...

For the entire article, see
http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/opinion/entries/2009/07/20/editorial_epa_owes_more_to_res.html

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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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