[CPEO-BIF] TCE Sampling in Salisbury, Maryland

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

MDE Drills For TCE Sampling in Some Salisbury Well Water

By Aisha Khan
WBOC TV-16 News (MD/DE)
January 16, 2013

SALISBURY, Md. - Some people in Wicomico County are looking for  
answers about the safety of their drinking water.

Back in November 2012, the Maryland Department of Environment found  
concerning levels of Trichloroethene or TCE in roughly 25 Salisbury  
homes.

TCE is a commonly used industrial solvent and carcinogen.

Now MDE is drilling 10 monitoring wells in the Morris Mill and  
Colburn Woods communities to see where the chemical is coming from.  
But even with this investigation, some people are still worried about  
using their water.

...

For the entire story, see
http://www.wboc.com/story/20607868/mde-drills-for-tce-sampling-in- 
salisbury-well-water

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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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