[CPEO-BIF] TCE Plume in Mancelona, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Out of sight, out of mind: Carcinogenic chemical spreads beneath  
Michigan town

By Brian Bienkowski


Environmental Health News
September 3, 2013

MANCELONA, Mich. - When state and federal environmental officials  
visited this tucked-away town 15 years ago, their presence surprised  
local residents.

"My heart and most of my life has been spent here in Antrim County,"  
said Gary Knapp, a long-time resident. "And I knew nothing of its  
environmental problems."

While removing metal contamination from local groundwater, officials  
had stumbled upon one of the nationâs largest plumes of an  
industrial solvent called trichloroethylene, or TCE. Drinking-water  
wells tap into this aquifer, so the state asked the townâs help in  
preventing the chemical from flowing out of peopleâs taps.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/2013/tce-plume

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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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