[CPEO-BIF] Cascade Corp. vapor testins, Springfield, Ohio

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Springfield firm continues testing for chemical
Health officials asking for more cooperation from the company’s neighbors.


By Matt Sanctis
Springfield News-Sun (OH)
October 28, 2015

SPRINGFIELD - A Springfield manufacturing firm is moving forward with a lengthy clean-up with help from the Ohio EPA, but local health officials are hoping to see more cooperation from its neighbors.

Cascade Corp. officials have been working for more than a year to test for and eventually clean up a chemical called trichloroethylene, or TCE. Part of the clean-up includes reaching out to dozens of residents in a neighborhood across the street from the facility to test for signs of vapor intrusion from the chemical.

Information from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency shows the effort has recently expanded, and a total of 64 homes have now been proposed for indoor air sampling to check for traces of the chemical.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/news/local/springfield-firm-continues-testing-for-chemical/npBJB/

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Lenny Siegel
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