[CPEO-BIF] Vapor intrusion at Middlesex Borough preschool, New Jersey

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

["'These levels do not pose an adverse health risk,' said Ferguson." -- 
I hope this is a misprint! These TCE levels are believed to increase the 
chronic health risks unacceptably by most regulatory agencies, including 
New Jersey DEP. - LS]


New tests show elevated chemical vapor levels in Middlesex Borough preschool

By JEFF GRANT
New Brunswick Home News Tribune (NJ)
October 6, 2009


MIDDLESEX BOROUGH  A second round of tests has confirmed the presence of 
elevated vapor levels of two chemicals inside a local church preschool, 
but not in amounts anywhere near enough to shut the facility, the 
borough's environmental engineering firm has reported.
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Trichloroethylene, or TCE, and benzene vapors in excess of the minimum 
New Jersey health department standards were confirmed Monday night by 
Rodger Ferguson, senior project manager for Sadat Associates Inc., to a 
group of parents and officials of Middlesex Presbyterian Church.

Elevated levels first were detected in a series of tests performed there 
in mid August.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20091006/NEWS/910060350/New+tests+show+elevated+chemical+vapor+levels+in+Middlesex+Borough+preschool

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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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