[CPEO-BIF] Limerick, Pennsylvania VOC contamination

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Toxic plumes spreading into Limerick groundwater
Public water lines planned for homes near two plants


By Evan Brandt
Pottstown Mercury (PA)
March 30, 2010


LIMERICK - Twin underground plumes of potentially carcinogenic chemicals 
from two industrial sites are merging and mingling with the groundwater 
beneath 47 homes, fouling their wells and posing health hazards for the 
residents there, state officials have confirmed.

The source of the contamination is believed to be the Teleflex Inc. 
plant on South Limerick Road and the former Stanley Tool Works on Lewis 
Road, said Lynda Rebarchak, spokeswoman for the Pennsylvania Department 
of Environmental Protection.

The DEP has named the project after a nearby stream, calling it the 
Turtle Creek Hazardous Site Clean-up Act site.

The site was referred to the DEP in 2001 by the Montgomery County Health 
Department, Rebarchak said, and the agency tested wells quarterly from 
early 2003 until spring, 2009.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pottsmerc.com/articles/2010/03/28/news/srv0000007644859.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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