[CPEO-BIF] Illinois vapor intrusion proposal

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Illinois EPA proposal could lead to tougher cleanup rules at dry cleaner 
sites

Chicago Tribune
July 26, 2009


Illinois environmental regulators long assumed spills of toxic solvents 
from dry cleaners could be safe underground as long as people didn't 
drink contaminated water or touch polluted soil.

But scientific research and experience with several heavily polluted 
sites now suggests the highly volatile chemical can become a poisonous 
gas that seeps into basements and wafts up to living rooms.

Rules proposed by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency would 
force landowners and businesses to evaluate health risks from such 
gases. If adopted, the rules could require more aggressive cleanups at 
dry cleaners and other sites.

....

For the entire article, see
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-dry-cleaners-vapor-bd26-jul26,0,4767111.story

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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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