[CPEO-BIF] "Water Gremlin May Have Leaked Carcinogen In White Bear [Minnesota] Township For Years"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

‘We Want Answers’: Water Gremlin May Have Leaked Carcinogen In White Bear Township For Years

By Mary McGuire
WCCO CBS-4 News (MN)
February 21, 2019

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) - A White Bear Township business may have been emitting a cancer-causing chemical into the air for a decade or more.

The Minnesota Department of Health and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency are investigating after the company was found releasing high levels of TCE into the air.

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Founded in 1949, Water Gremlin makes fishing sinkers and battery terminal posts. They have used the chemical TCE since the 1970s to clean and coat those posts.

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For the entire article, see
https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2019/02/21/we-want-answers-water-gremlin-has-leaked-carcinogen-in-white-bear-township-for-decade/

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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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