[CPEO-BIF] TCE vapors found in Endicott's (NY) north side

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

TCE found in basements north of plume
Pollution-blocking equipment being installed in 25 more structures

By Tom Wilber
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (NY)
October 17, 2009

Nearly seven years after plumes of industrial solvent were found wafting 
into basements in Endicott, state officials are still finding homes 
contaminated by similar pollution in neighborhoods to the north.
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Contractors working for the state Department of Environmental 
Conservation are installing pollution-blocking equipment on about 25 
more structures affected by TCE pollution in the June Street area, a 
residential neighborhood extending from Endicott's North Side into the 
Town of Union.

Within a week or two, they will generate a list of additional homes to 
be tested, said Lori Severino, a spokeswoman for the agency.

Officials have already installed devices on about 35 homes in the area 
to vacuum TCE fumes out from under the foundations. They are called 
sub-slab depressurization systems, and work on the same principal as 
radon prevention equipment. That is, they use pipes to vent gas that 
builds up under a foundation.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20091017/NEWS01/910170337/1112/TCE+found+in+basements+north+of+plume

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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
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