[CPEO-BIF] LeRoy, New York school investigation

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Erin Brockovich investigating mystery disease

by Sharon Jayson, Steve Orr and Elizabeth Weise
USA Today
January 26, 2012

Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has started her own  
investigation into the mysterious illness that’s caused symptoms of  
facial tics and verbal outbursts among teenagers in Le Roy, N.Y., in  
light of new evidence about a toxic chemical spill more than 40 years  
ago that caused water and ground contamination.

Brockovich, of Los Angeles, says families of affected teens and other  
community members asked her to look into the case. She's spent the  
past week studying federal and state reports about a 1970 train  
derailment that spilled cyanide and an industrial solvent called  
trichloroethene (TCE) within three miles of the high school attended  
by the 12 teen girls who started having these symptoms last fall.  
Three other teens, including one boy, are reportedly experiencing  
similar neurological symptoms.

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For the entire article, see
http://tucsoncitizen.com/usa-today-news/2012/01/26/erin-brockovich- 
investigating-mystery-disease/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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