[CPEO-BIF] 17 of 26 Como (Minneapolis, Minnesota) homes tested show elevated TCE

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

VAPOR INTRUSION: 17 of 26 Como homes tested show elevated TCE


by Bill Keller
KMSP TV-9 News (Twin Cities, MN)
December 2, 2013


MINNEAPOLIS (KMSP) - Potentially dangerous vapors have residents in  
one Minneapolis neighborhood more than concerned. Some are calling  
attorneys -- even Erin Brockovich -- over the contamination at a  
former General Mills site.

Sections of the Como neighborhood have been selected for  
trichloroethylene (TCE) testing to see if vapors linked to industrial  
solvents dumped by General Mills are seeping into homes. So far, 57  
homes have been checked out; however, officials say less than half of  
the homes in the priority testing area have agreed to allow  
inspectors inside.

The results so far have rattled an already-concerned community. In  
September, soil samples confirmed the presence of TCE in public areas  
of the Como neighborhood, and officials with the MPCA say it is  
possible for the vapors to seep into basements or foundation cracks  
and build up indoors. Now, in-home tests are reporting significant  
readings.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/story/24117904/vapor-intrusion-17- 
of-26-como-homes-tested-show-elevated-tce

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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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