[CPEO-BIF] Vapor testing at Lees Lane landfill, Louisville, Kentucky

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA finds toxic vapors in homes near landfill
EPA has been trying to determine the health risks associated with  
living next to the Lees Lane landfill, which shut down in the 1970s  
but had been used for disposal of hazardous waste.

bt James Bruggers
Lousiville Courier-Journal (KY)
October 29, 2014

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency next week will begin a  
second round of air sampling at eight homes near the long-closed Lees  
Lane hazardous waste landfill, after discovering 13 homes with  
elevated levels of toxic vapors in crawl spaces.

The results are the latest in a renewed examination of health and  
environmental issues related to the landfill, which once was on the  
nation's list of most toxic places.

Donna Seadler, Atlanta-based remedial project manager for EPA, said  
the findings were not unexpected, but also do not indicate any  
residents face immediate health threats from landfill gases that may  
be moving through the soil.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.courier-journal.com/story/tech/science/environment/ 
2014/10/28/lees-lane-landfill-toxic-vapors-crawl-spaces/18075855/

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Lenny Siegel
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