2012 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2012 13:33:25 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Harlem: Learning about Vapor Exposures the Hard Way and Doing Something about It
 
Harlem: Learning about Vapor Exposures the Hard Way and Doing Something about It

In the Spring of 2012 tenants of the 2350 Fifth Ave. State Superfund site in Harlem, New York City, discovered that they had been exposed to unacceptable levels of volatile organic compounds in the building, and that remediation was underway in their workplaces without their knowledge. They organized, bringing press coverage and an August 17, 2012 Forum sponsored by State Sen. Bill Perkins. As a result, Sen. Perkins has proposed legislation to expand notification and disclosure requirements and state agencies have agreed to expand their investigation both in the building and in nearby apartment complexes.

For the entire 5-page, 2 MB report, see http://www.cpeo.org/pubs/ 2350FifthExposures.pdf

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