[CPEO-BIF] Behr Dayton (OH) neighborhood to be re-tested

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA to recheck Behr neighborhood contamination
The agency has ordered further testing of the Behr superfund site

By Steve Bennish
Dayton Daily News (OH)
September 20, 2009

DAYTON - Even though the last test of her house two years ago showed no 
problems, Karen Reeder still worries about a contaminated plume of 
groundwater that is moving underground.

"You don't know where it's going," she said.

Reeder, 47, of 630 Milburn Ave., is glad that more testing is scheduled 
for the coming weeks in the neighborhood where she has lived for more 
than 20 years.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is calling for more residents 
to allow testing in their homes and businesses, in a renewed effort to 
assess contamination from the Behr Dayton Thermal Products plant.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/epa-to-recheck-behr-neighborhood-contamination-307974.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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