[CPEO-BIF] Carson-Gore School, Los Angeles, California

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Environmental Justice Groups' Concern Continue As Carson-Gore School Opens

Parent Exposed to Toxic Vapors from Nearby Oil Operations

For Immediate Release
California Safe Schools & California Communities Against Toxics
September 12, 2010


Los Angeles - In the wake of reported chemical release at the next door 
oil operation, child advocacy groups continued to express concerns and 
respond to calls throughout the week-end about the potential exposure to 
dangerous chemicals for teachers and students at the new Carson-Gore 
elementary school in Los Angeles.

Constructed atop contaminated groundwater and soil vapors, between an 
operating oil well and a contaminated gas station with leaking 
underground storage tanks, with a gas line running in front of the 
school, and within 600 feet of the Santa Monica Freeway, the school is a 
poster child of school-siting gone bad.

...

For the entire release, see
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/09/12/18658541.php

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org



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