[CPEO-BIF] Vapor intrusion sampling in Brighton, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State to expand testing as two toxic chemical plumes spread in Brighton 

By EMMA WINOWIECKI 
Michigan Public Radio
April 23, 2018 

More than 100 Brighton homes will be tested for the cancer-causing chemical trichloroethylene (TCE), according to state officials. 

The toxic chemical was found in the air of five homes in the neighborhood directly north of Brighton High School, and officials say more could be affected. Another investigation of potentially toxic air has also been opened in a second neighborhood near Whitmore Lake Road north of Lee Road, although the exact location and size of that plume has not been made public.

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality will test over 60 homes in addition to the 40 originally planned in the first neighborhood.

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For the entire article, see
http://michiganradio.org/post/state-expand-testing-two-toxic-chemical-plumes-spread-brighton

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Lenny Siegel

Executive Director

Center for Public Environmental Oversight

a project of the Pacific Studies Center

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Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 

<lsiegel@cpeo.org>

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