[CPEO-BIF] TCE puts "homeless campers at risk, " Seattle, Washington

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Opponents: Toxic pollution will put homeless campers at risk

By Mark Miller 
KOMO News (Seattle, WA)
August 18, 2015

SEATTLE -- Opponents of Seattle's plan to build a homeless camp in the city's Interbay neighborhood hope they have new ammo for their battle.

A businessman who owns land adjacent to the proposed site says the soil there is contaminated with a hazardous chemical that would pose a serious health threat to campers.

"These people are going to be camping on a hot site. This is the wrong site for it," said Brook Barnes.

Barnes says the chemical is TCE, an industrial solvent used to clean grease from equipment and listed by the EPA as a known carcinogen. He spoke about the contamination Monday night at a heated public meeting between concerned citizens and several city officials, including council member Sally Bagshaw.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Opponents-toxic-pollution-would-put-homeless-campers-at-risk-322233021.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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