[CPEO-BIF] No elevated vapor levels in Wake Forest, North Carolina neighborhood

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Tests find no elevated chemical levels in Wake Forest neighborhood

WRAL (Raleigh, NC)
December 7, 2012

Soil testing in a Wake Forest neighborhood where drinking wells have  
been contaminated by a cancer-causing chemical has turned up no  
elevated levels of chemical vapors, state officials said Friday.

More than a dozen wells serving homes along Stony Hill Road were  
found this fall to have dangerous levels of trichloroethylene, or  
TCE, a degreasing agent that environmental officials said likely came  
from electronics plants that used to operate in the area.

When TCE and tetrachloroethylene, or PCE, are present in groundwater,  
related soil vapor can travel through spaces in soil beneath  
structures, officials said. If levels of the chlorinated solvents are  
high enough, the vapor can enter the home and affect the health of  
people living in the homes.

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For the entire story, see
http://www.wral.com/tests-find-no-elevated-chemical-levels-in-wake- 
forest-neighborhood/11855149/

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