[CPEO-BIF] TCE "prompts changes in Stanford's housing project, " Palo Alto, California

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Discovery of toxic chemical prompts changes in Stanford's housing  
project
Palo Alto reviews new plans for 1601 California Ave. after  
tricholoethylene is found in soil

by Gennady Sheyner
Palo Alto Weekly (CA)
December 16, 2015

A discovery of toxic vapors in the middle of a construction site has  
prompted Stanford University to redesign portions of its new faculty- 
housing development on California Avenue.

The project, known us University Terrace, includes 180 homes and is  
one of two developments that Stanford is entitled to build under a  
2005 agreement with the City of Palo Alto. In April 2014, the city  
gave its official approval to the project, which includes single- 
family homes, duplexes and condominiums.

Recently, however, the project at 1451-1601 California Ave. suffered  
an unexpected setback: the discovery of trichloroethylene (TCE) in  
the soil. The compound, most often used as a degreaser for industrial  
operations, has been associated with kidney, liver and cervix  
cancers, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

Stanford alerted its faculty and the residents in the nearby College  
Terrace neighborhood in the fall. It also alerted the state  
Department of Toxic Substances Control, which is now reviewing the  
university's planned measures to address the discovery.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2015/12/16/discovery-of-toxic- 
chemical-prompts-changes-in-stanfords-housing-project

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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