2017 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2017 23:00:30 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Monroe County building TCE, New York
 
Worker concerned after alert about chemical at St. Paul St. building

by Stephanie Robusto
WHEC TV-10 News (Rochester, NY)
November 16, 2017

Cancer, infertility, nerve damage -- all symptoms of exposure to the chemical TCE. And that chemical is present in a Monroe County building on St. Paul Street.

An internal memo sent last week alerted workers that the levels exceed state health guidelines, but says it falls within the permissible exposure limits. But employees who spend hours there every day aren't buying it.

"I remember being little and coming to visit here before everything was completed," says Anthony LiPetri.

…

For the entire story, see
http://www.whec.com/news/tce-chemical-worker-st-paul-building/4673047/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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