[CPEO-BIF] Carousel housing tract, Carson, California

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

A Carson neighborhood's future is on hold

By Gene Maddaus
Torrance Daily Breeze
December 20, 2009

Chris Gutierrez, 43, stands in front of his home of 33 years on Marbella 
Ave. in Carson. The home is in the Carousel tract that was built on the 
site of oil tank farm. (Robert Casillas Staff Photographer)
About a year ago, Elizabeth Noriega's son started having migraines. She 
took him to the doctor, who referred him to a neurologist. His blood was 
drawn, but the results were inconclusive.

Then, in August, she discovered that her home was built on top of an oil 
tank farm. She also learned that the soil underneath the Carousel tract 
in Carson is contaminated with high levels of methane and benzene. She 
wondered: Could there be a connection?

"I have no clue if this is related to that," she said. "The doctor asked 
me to move him out for a month to see what it does to his migraines."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.dailybreeze.com/ci_14037397

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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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