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[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Area Brownfields Spark Environmental and Economic Concerns

By Kimberlee Kruesi
Magic Valley Times-News (ID)
October 28, 2012

TWIN FALLS • The problem came from a common chemical with an uncommon  
name: tetrachloroethylene.

It was a chemical dry cleaners in the 1980s loved - including Twin  
Falls-based Mr. A's.

The clear liquid easily removed stains. But it has since been  
classified as an environmental pollutant by public health officials.

After years of lax regulation, the improperly disposed  
tetrachloroethylene began to permeate deeper into the soil,  
groundwater and air surrounding Mr. A's, according to the Idaho  
Department of Environmental Quality. By 2007, Mr. A’s was no longer  
in business but the damage that began underground was quickly rising  
to the surface.

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http://magicvalley.com/news/local/area-brownfields-spark- 
environmental-and-economic-concerns/ 
article_7eaf80ec-20ba-11e2-951d-0019bb2963f4.html

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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
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