| From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | Fri, 29 May 2015 11:28:39 -0700 (PDT) |
| Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
| Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] TCE in Adelaide, Australia |
Toxic chemical TCE detected in groundwater and soil near Beverley homes in Adelaide's west Australian Broadcasting Corporation May 29, 2015 Higher than expected levels of a toxic industrial chemical have been detected around homes in Beverley in Adelaide's inner west, the Environment Protection Authority (EPA) says. The EPA stepped up testing for trichloroethene (TCE) in the area west of Port Road in October after the Clovelly Park contamination scare. Preliminary results on tests carried out in April and this month have revealed levels of TCE in groundwater are still too high. The presence of the chemical in soil vapour was tested for the first time and found to be higher than expected. … For the entire article, see http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-05-29/chemical-tce-detected-around-beverley/6508188 -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center 278-A Hope Street Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545 Fax: 650-961-8918 LSiegel@cpeo.org http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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