[CPEO-BIF] Venting TCE from Fantastic Caverns, Missouri

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Fantastic Caverns hopes vent holes will keep toxic chemical out of cave

by Wes Johnson
Springfield News-Leader (MO)
November 15, 2018

A cancer-causing chemical that leaked from a now-closed industrial site near the Springfield airport has reached some water wells northeast of there and is now showing up at Fantastic Caverns.

The chemical - trichloroethylene (TCE)  - was used by Litton Systems Inc. to remove grease from metal parts when it manufactured circuit boards adjacent to the airport beginning in the 1960s.

Russ Campbell, owner of Fantastic Caverns, said Wednesday he's concerned both for the tour cave's future and for people living in the area who might be unaware of the scope of the contamination beneath their homes.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.news-leader.com/story/news/local/ozarks/2018/11/14/fantastic-caverns-hopes-vent-holes-keep-toxic-chemical-out-cave/1980985002/

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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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