[CPEO-BIF] Vapor sampling results from homes near Ohio Transportation site, Newark, Ohio

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Air sample test results in for troubled homes

Jessie Balmert
Newark Advocate (OH)
October 20, 2012

NEWARK - Results from air sample tests of a carcinogen under Newark  
homes were lower than expected, but it still is unclear what that  
means for residents' health.

Tests revealed chemical levels between 0.39 parts per billion and 4.7  
parts per billion - the rough equivalent of four drops in an Olympic- 
size swimming pool - in air samples taken from eight residences on  
South Pine Street and James Street, said Joe Rutherford, deputy  
director of Ohio Department of Transportation District 5.

The chemical revealed was trichloroethylene, a degreaser, solvent and  
now-known carcinogen the Ohio Department of Transportation used for  
decades at its now-closed site on Maholm Street, Rutherford said.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.newarkadvocate.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2012310200011

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