[CPEO-BIF] IBM leaving plume behind in Essex Junction, Vermont

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

IBM Leaving Town, But Still On Hook For Environmental Clean Up

By Peter Hirschfeld
Vermont Public Radio
October 21, 2014

The groundwater sitting below IBM’s massive campus in Essex Junction  
still bears the chemical stains of the plant’s past. The company  
announced this week its selling the plant , but it still bears  
responsibility for the clean-up.

The offending compound is called TCE - short for tetrachloroethylene  
[sic] - and back in the 50s, 60s and 70s, IBM used it by the  
truckload. David Mears, commissioner of the Vermont Department of  
Environmental Conservation, says TCE turned out to be toxic stuff.

"It's the longer term risks of exposure that are more significant,  
that even at low levels some of the chemicals are found to pose  
carcinogenic risks," Mears says.

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For the entire article, see
http://digital.vpr.net/post/ibm-leaving-town-still-hook-environmental- 
clean

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Lenny Siegel
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