[CPEO-BIF] "EPA begins toxic cleanup on Evandale Ave., " Mountain View, California ... "gas analyzer can detect small amounts of TCE"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA begins toxic cleanup on Evandale Ave. New gas analyzer can detect  
small amounts of TCE

by Daniel DeBolt
Mountain View Voice (CA)
May 15, 2014

The Environmental Protection Agency is investigating the theory that  
early computer chip manufacturers spread toxics into the residential  
neighborhood east of Whisman Road through sewers lines that were  
eaten through by a toxic cocktail of acids and solvents.

To help with the investigation, a sort of laboratory on wheels has  
been roaming around the area, helping to test air samples taken from  
under manhole covers, among other sites. Commissioned by the EPA and  
operated by Lockheed, it is called the TAGA, or trace atmospheric gas  
analyzer. The converted white passenger bus has an electronic nose so  
sensitive that it can sense TCE -- the toxic solvent that ended up  
polluting the groundwater and soil under much of northeastern  
Mountain View -- from inside a sealed jar. Operators say they can get  
an idea of where to look first just by driving it slowly down the  
street, although toxics deep in the ground may escape its detection.

...

For the entire article, see
http://mv-voice.com/news/2014/05/15/epa-begins-toxic-cleanup-on- 
evandale-ave

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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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