[CPEO-BIF] Vapor testing in Como neighborhood, Minneapolis, Minnesota

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Testing underway for harmful vapors in Como neighborhood

Dave Berggren
KARE TV-11 News (Twin Cities, MN)
November 25, 2013


MINNEAPOLIS - Testing for potentially harmful underground vapors  
continues in the Como Neighborhood of Minneapolis.

Minnesota-based General Mills is encouraging homeowners in the area  
to schedule tests to determine if further mitigation efforts are needed.

"We want homeowners to schedule appointments," said General Mills  
spokesperson Kirstie Foster. "We are going to make this right because  
Minneapolis is our home."

The General Mills Research Lab dumped trichloroethylene or TCE into  
the ground more than 50 years ago. General Mills has worked for  
decades to ensure the groundwater is safe, but testing shows that a  
plume of vapors remains in the soil.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.kare11.com/news/article/1047069/391/Testing-underway-for- 
harmful-vapors-in-Como-neighborhood

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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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