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From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2017 19:21:58 -0800 (PST)
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Subject: [CPEO-BIF] "More soil contaminated with TCE found in east Minneapolis, " Minnesota
 
More soil contaminated with TCE found in east Minneapolis

Associated Press
January 29, 2017 

MINNEAPOLIS - Minnesota officials say they don't know where additional soil contamination from trichloroethylene and other chemicals found in east Minneapolis is coming from.

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency researchers found contamination this summer and are trying to locate the source by gaining access to buildings in the area, the Minnesota Daily (http://bit.ly/2jxwnru) reported. TCE has been linked to an increased risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and can increase the risk of kidney cancer.

TCE contamination previously discovered in the area was linked to disposal at a General Mills facility decades ago. General Mills disposed of the industrial solvent in an "absorption pit" from 1947 to 1962.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.startribune.com/more-soil-contaminated-with-tce-found-in-east-minneapolis/412084263/

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