[CPEO-BIF] Bozeman, Montana PCE vapors

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Study planned to measure dry-cleaning fluid vapor levels in Bozeman homes

By AMANDA RICKER
Bozeman Daily Chronicle (MT)
November 5, 2009

The city of Bozeman and CVS Pharmacy plan to study whether vapors of a 
dry-cleaning fluid suspected of causing cancer have migrated from a 
Superfund site at the Hastings shopping center into nearby homes.

But city officials and environmental experts say residents shouldn't be 
alarmed about the indoor air tests for PCE, also known as perc. The 
study is part of ongoing testing at the West Main Street site.

"When we started to do this testing, there was nothing to show that it 
was a problem that (the PCE) was there," Bozeman Public Works Director 
Debbie Arkell said Wednesday. "If you go home, and bring a sack of 
dry-cleaned clothes, you're going to breathe more PCE than what we're 
testing."


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For the entire article, see
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2009/11/05/news/300pcestudy.txt

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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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