[CPEO-BIF] Hundreds attend Missouri meeting about TCE

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[Don’t ever believe that Americans no longer care about toxic contamination, or that the concern is limited to the coasts and college towns. - LS]

DNR Holds Public Forum For TCE Contamination

By Jesse Inman 
Ozark’s First (MO)
March 15, 2019

SPRINGFIELD — The Department of Natural Resources talked about well-water testing results, and opened up the floor for citizens to share concerns.

There were about 200 people in attendance for Thursday’s meeting regarding TCE (trichloroethylene) at the Ozark Empire Fairgrounds E-Plex. 

DNR went over what it's doing with Northup-Grummon -- who owns the site that Litton Systems Inc. once sat on. Both the DNR and Northrup-Grummon say TCE was used on circuit boards at the old Litton plant. 

Vapors of the chemical were discovered at Fantastic Caverns late last year.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.ozarksfirst.com/news/dnr-holds-public-forum-for-tce-contamination/1850486187

See also https://www.ky3.com/content/news/Missouri-Department-of-Natural-Resouces-holds-public-meeting-to-discuss-TCE-concerns-507163181.html

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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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