[CPEO-BIF] "Study finds no solvent vapor in most Algona [Washington] homes tested"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Study finds no solvent vapor in most Algona homes tested

	
Auburn Reporter (WA)
January 22, 2014 

Recent indoor air tests in northern Algona homes show no cause for health concerns.

That's according to a study directed by the Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) and an assessment of the study findings issued by the Washington State Department of Health at Ecology's request.

The indoor air study is part of an ongoing investigation of groundwater contaminated by past releases of solvent chemicals on property owned by The Boeing Company (Boeing) in Auburn. Ecology oversees the investigation conducted and paid for by Boeing.

Ecology ordered the indoor air quality study based on results of groundwater tests conducted in the northern part of the City of Algona in April 2013. Those tests showed low concentrations of contamination in an area just west of Chicago Avenue, between Boundary Boulevard and Ninth Avenue North. There are 24 homes in this part of the groundwater study area.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.auburn-reporter.com/news/241554491.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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