[CPEO-BIF] Loudon and Kem Cleaners, Loudonville, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Mall put on list for cleanup
Former site of dry cleaner in Loudonville contains pollutants, according 
to DEC

By BRIAN NEARING
Albany Times-Union (NY)
January 25, 2011

LOUDONVILLE -- A strip mall has been added to the state's Superfund 
pollution cleanup program because of lingering chemicals in the ground 
from a former dry cleaner, according to the state Department of 
Environmental Conservation.

The former Loudon and Kem Cleaners store at 350 Northern Blvd., Loudon 
Plaza, left behind elevated levels of tetrachloroethene (PCE), a 
cleaning solvent that can damage the kidney and liver and may cause 
cancer, and trichloroethene (TCE), another solvent that is a probable 
carcinogen.

DEC reported that high levels of PCE and TCE were found in the 
groundwater on the site and were detected to be leaking from the soil, 
both outdoors and indoors. The vapors are a significant threat to public 
health, according to DEC.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Mall-put-on-list-for-cleanup-975291.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>
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