[CPEO-BIF] Source of TCE plume in Wake Forest, North Carolina

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Wake Forest man says he witnessed chemical dumping

By Charlotte Huffman
NBC YV-17 News (NC)
September 18, 2012

The North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources is  
investigating three potential parties that may be responsible for the  
leak of a carcinogenic chemical in Wake Forest well water.

DENR says it is looking at Circuit Board Assemblers, C-Tron and the  
current property owner as the possible source of trichloroethylene,  
also called TCE, in Wake Forest well water. In 2000, Flextronics  
acquired Circuit Board Assemblers.

The Environmental Protection Agency says tests on 97 water wells in  
Wake Forest showed that 21 wells had signs of TCE. Of those 21 wells,  
12 were above safety standard, and those homeowners were provided  
with bottled water.


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For the entire story, see
http://www2.nbc17.com/news/2012/sep/18/8/wake-forest-water-test- 
results-are-some-have-dange-ar-2617889/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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