[CPEO-BIF] Copiague, New York vapor intrusion investigation

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

State testing toxic plume in Copiague

Long Island Newsday (NY)
January 17, 2011

State environmental officials are testing air quality at a cluster of 
homes near an abandoned Copiague industrial site where chemical 
pollution first found more than eight years ago has moved south through 
groundwater.

The contaminant plume beneath 13 neighborhood houses contains 
trichloroethane, or TCA, an industrial solvent and common ingredient in 
spot removers and paints. Such chemicals evaporate easily and can move 
up through the soil as vapor, sometimes seeping into buildings. High 
concentrations in indoor air or prolonged exposure may affect people's 
health.

It's an issue at dozens of Long Island buildings near hazardous-waste 
sites ranging from tiny dry cleaners to the former Grumman defense plant 
in Bethpage. The problem, often identified years after the original 
pollution is found, typically is addressed with special ventilation systems.

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For the entire article, see
http://envfpn.advisen.com/?resource_id=135837819410028535#top

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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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