[CPEO-BIF] "EPA revealed to be testing air inside homes, buildings in South El Monte, " California

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA revealed to be testing air inside homes, buildings in South El Monte

By Steve Scauzillo
San Gabriel Valley Tribune (CA)
May 16, 2016

As part of an ongoing Superfund cleanup, the Environmental Protection Agency is testing the air inside dozens of homes and commercial buildings in the South El Monte area where cancer-causing chemicals have infiltrated the soil and parts of the groundwater basin, officials revealed on Monday.

As of Friday, the EPA has taken air samples from 65 homes and 55 commercial or recreational facilities in El Monte and South El Monte to determine if spilled industrial chemicals rising as vapors from the soil are entering buildings through cracks in their foundations, according to an email from Michele Huitric, a spokesperson for the EPA Region 9 in San Francisco.

Following the tests, the EPA installed treatment systems at five of the properties, Huitric wrote. The EPA did not release the addresses of homes or other properties tested for air contaminants due to privacy concerns, said Kelly Zito, the agency’s chief of public affairs.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/environment-and-nature/20160516/epa-revealed-to-be-testing-air-inside-homes-buildings-in-south-el-monte

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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