[CPEO-BIF] Radio Materials Corp. site, Attica, Indiana

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

EPA: Contaminated site improving

By ERIC WEDDLE
Lafayette Journal and Courier (IN)
October 14, 2009


ATTICA -- Federal environmental officials say interim steps to control 
groundwater and air contamination in this city are making an impact.

The source of the chemical contaminate has been reduced by 80 percent, 
and levels of a cancer-causing agent in the groundwater have been 
slashed since remediation began.

But not all residents who live near Radio Materials Corp., a closed 
electronics factory where the chemicals are believed to have originated, 
are resting easy.

During a meeting held by the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday 
at Attica High School, a few of the 40 residents present questioned if 
city water was safe to drink, how home values might be affected, and if 
they were safe from chemicals that evaporate from groundwater through 
basement floors in homes.

...

Kraft has offered to pay for ultraviolet air purifiers and modifications 
to about 130 homes to reduce the level of fumes. All but 28 homes have 
had the filters installed. Bhooma said levels of TCE fumes at 10 homes 
have dropped to acceptable levels.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.jconline.com/article/20091014/NEWS/910140357

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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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