[CPEO-BIF] "Company Aims To Find Source Of Franklin Elementary School Contamination, " Franklin, Indiana

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Company Aims To Find Source Of Franklin Elementary School Contamination 

By REBECCA THIELE
WBAA Public Radio (IN)
April 1, 2019

Franklin Community Schools hopes to find the source of contamination at two of its elementary schools. Tests showed high levels of the cancer-causing chemical TCE in vapor underneath the Needham and Webb buildings early last week. But samples inside were at levels the state considers safe. 

Residents suspect exposure to TCE from nearby hazardous waste sites could be causing child cancers in the area.

The company that tested the schools, EnviroForensics, says it plans to test along a nearby sewer main as well as on the school grounds. It hopes to get some of the results back later this week.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.wbaa.org/post/company-aims-find-source-franklin-elementary-school-contamination#stream/0

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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