[CPEO-BIF] "GE's shadow will remain over Fort Edward," New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

GE's shadow will remain over Fort Edward


by KATHLEEN MOORE
Glens Falls Post Star (NY)
December 13, 2015


FORT EDWARD - GE is leaving Fort Edward, but it will play a lingering role in the region for many years to come.

The company can’t take its pollution with it, so it must continue to mitigate the effects on everything from fish to people.

GE must still maintain its TCE ventilation systems, installed in houses where private wells were contaminated by the company.

TCE is a toxic industrial solvent used at the Fort Edward plant. The chemical spread under the plant and away into a residential neighborhood nearby, polluting wells and sending toxic fumes up into the houses. The fumes are considered likely to cause cancer, according to the EPA.

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For the entire article, see
http://poststar.com/news/local/ge-s-shadow-will-remain-over-fort-edward/article_acbc6e25-2045-5166-9d48-35610457a1af.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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