[CPEO-BIF] Dry cleaning site vapor intrusion, Trinity Park, Durham, North Carolina

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Testing expands around former dry-cleaning shop

By Ray Gronberg
Durham Herald Sun (NC)
January 7, 2010

DURHAM -- Homeowners and environmental activists say the state has 
expanded testing for chemical contamination around a former dry cleaning 
store at the corner of Watts Street and West Club Boulevard.

Indoor air samples in two homes on Dollar Avenue adjoining the site have 
been laced with "unacceptable levels" of a cleaning solvent called 
tetrachloroethylene also present in groundwater under the old store, 
according to briefing papers distributed Wednesday to residents and 
neighborhood leaders in Trinity Park.

One of the homes has been fitted at the state government's expense with 
a vapor barrier that the owner and officials hope will keep fumes from 
getting inside.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.heraldsun.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Testing+expands+around+former+dry-cleaning+shop%20&id=5466434&instance=homefifthleft

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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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