From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Mon, 2 Aug 2010 09:57:21 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] IBM Endicott (New York) after 30 years |
Three decades later, effects of IBM spill linger in Endicott DEC: New cleanup techniques have helped By Jon Campbell Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin July 31, 2010ENDICOTT -- The chemical spill first discovered at the IBM facility more than 30 years ago continues to have a massive effect on the community the computer giant once helped build. A series of lawsuits against the company alleging harmful effects from a toxic plume caused by the spill continues to meander toward a trial. The state Department of Environmental Conservation said new cleanup techniques employed by IBM have had a positive effect, but conceded that some areas of the plume may never be fully remediated. A team of researchers is plugging along with a $3.1 million, multi-year study on how decades worth of IBM employees have been affected by a cocktail of chemicals they may have been exposed to. Today, there is still no end in sight. The lawsuits, cleanup and occupational study are all years away from any kind of closure, ensuring the company will continue to make headlines in the region for at least the next decade. ... For the entire article, see http://www.pressconnects.com/article/20100731/NEWS01/7310343/Three-decades-later-effects-of-IBM-spill-linger-in-Endicott -- 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> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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