[CPEO-BIF] Crestwood, Illinois groundwater investigation

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA digs for further proof of contamination source in Crestwood


BY MAURA POSSLEY
Southtown Star
September 15, 2009

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency investigators spent Monday 
under the hot sun digging near Crestwood's notoriously tainted well. Yet 
another step towards finding a contamination source.

Their digging hoped to confirm the IEPA's theory that the neighboring 
Playfield Cleaners, 5427 127th St., was responsible for cancer-causing 
chemicals leeching into the groundwater.

Monday's dig is the latest development in the investigations launched 
after Crestwood's use of the well to supplement drinking water was 
brought to light in April.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.southtownstar.com/news/1770959,091509well.article

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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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