[CPEO-BIF] New machine finds TCE in Mountain View (CA) homes

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Unsafe toxics found in five more Evandale Avenue homes 
New machine provides instant readings of TCE levels inside homes

by Daniel DeBolt 
Mountain View Voice (CA)
March 28, 2013

Residents of a condo complex at 175 Evandale Avenue were in for a surprise Monday when they took up an offer to see instantly just how much toxic vapors were in their homes.

The unusual opportunity was offered by R.J. Lee Group, a Washington state-based company looking to demonstrate the capabilities of its  $300,000 "Proton Transfer Reaction Mass Spectrometer," manufactured by Ionicon Analytic. The machine is touted as "real time technology" that could potentially replace time-consuming methods of collecting air samples in vacuum canisters and sending them to a lab for analysis, as is current Environmental Protection Agency practice.

Though the complex sits outside a "high priority" testing area initially designated by the EPA, all five of the homes tested showed elevated levels of trichloroethylene vapors (TCE), including two on the Devonshire Avenue side of the complex, entirely outside of the area where the EPA is offering free, voluntary indoor air tests.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.mv-voice.com/news/show_story.php?id=6784&e=y

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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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