[CPEO-BIF] Denison University students test for TCE in homes near ODOT site (OH)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Denison University students share test results to people living near  
carcinogenic plume

by Anna Jeffries
Newark Advocate (OH)
April 12, 2013

NEWARK - Harry Withrow can stand in the corner of his backyard at 99  
Maholm St. and see the site of an Ohio Department of Transportation  
building where chemicals seeped into the groundwater.

Although ODOT hasn’t told him his property needs to be tested for  
contamination, he wanted more reassurance.

In late March, he jumped at the chance for a group of Denison  
University seniors to test the air in his house for the presence of  
trichloroethylene, or TCE.

He was relieved to learn Thursday that the students didn’t find any  
traces in his home.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.newarkadvocate.com/article/20130411/NEWS01/304110042

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org

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