[CPEO-BIF] TCE and PCE in Martinsville, Indiana

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Martinsville Residents Still At Risk From Old Contaminants

By REBECCA THIELE
Indiana Public Radio
March 8, 2019

For more than a decade, the City of Martinsville has been treating water contaminated with the cancer-causing chemicals TCE and PCE, but a recent report shows residents could still be at risk. 

Federal agencies suspect the contamination is leftover from a former commercial dry cleaning and laundry facility.

Though the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry says the city water is safe, it found contamination in some private drinking water wells and toxic vapor seeping into some homes and businesses from the soil.

Dan Fleener has worked as a barber in Martinsville for over 40 years and is in remission for a rare stomach cancer. 

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For the entire story, see
https://indianapublicmedia.org/news/martinsville-residents-still-at-risk-from-old-contaminants.php

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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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