[CPEO-BIF] TCE vapors in Carver Community Center, Evansville, Indiana

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Airborne pollutant closes Carver Community Center

By Jared Council
Evansville Courier & Press (IN)
February 16, 2011

EVANSVILLE - Officials are still trying to determine the source of a 
chemical contaminant that temporarily closed the Carver Community 
Center, forcing more than 100 parents to relocate their children to 
other after-school centers and leaving dozens of staff members out of a job.

"We do all that we can to make this environment as productive as we 
can," said David Wagner, Director of the Carver Community Organization, 
speaking about the center that houses day-care and after-school programs 
for children ages six weeks to 12 years old. "To have something happen 
that is beyond our control is very awkward for us."

The organization was forced to close that facility on Feb. 2, after an 
investigation into contaminants in that area found "elevated levels" of 
a chemical called trichloroethylene in the air, said Amy Hartsock, 
public information officer for the Indiana Department of Environmental 
Management (IDEM).

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For the entire article, see
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2011/feb/16/carver-community-organization-waits-while-official/

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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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