[CPEO-BIF] "Additional testing shows [VOC] levels low at Franklin [Indiana] schools"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Additional testing shows levels low at Franklin schools

By Annie Goeller 
Franklin Daily Journal (IN)
August 6, 2018

Additional testing of the air underneath two Franklin schools showed little to no levels of volatile organic compounds with the start of school this week.

The testing was the second round at Needham and Webb elementary schools, which are both near the former Amphenol facility in Franklin where residents have raised concerns about contaminants. The first round of testing also showed little to no levels of the volatile organic compounds PCE and TCE, which can have harmful health impacts.

School officials decided to do the testing due to concerns raised in the community about the safety of the schools after testing done by another group found PCE and TCE in the air in some homes in Franklin and near the former Amphenol facility, which is down the road from both schools.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.dailyjournal.net/2018/08/07/additional_testing_shows_levels_low_at_franklin_schools/

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org

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