2019 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2019 22:55:20 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] More contaminants found at Water Gremlin pant, White Bear, Minnesota
 
Toxic Chemicals Found In Ground Water, Vapors Below Twin Cities Plant

By Jennifer Mayerle
WCCO CBS TV-4 News (MN)
August 14, 2019

MINNEAPOLIS  - There are new developments surrounding a manufacturing plant that released a cancer-causing chemical into the air for years.

We now know chemicals were found on Water Gremlin‘s property in White Bear Township. Experts found the toxic chemical TCE in shallow ground water and in vapors below the plant. Before, we only knew it had been released into the air.

WCCO-TV has learned lead was also found, along with a new chemical being used - DCE - in the soil, groundwater, surface water, vapors and sediment.

…

For the entire article, see
https://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2019/08/14/toxic-chemicals-found-in-shallow-ground-water-vapors-below-twin-cities-plant/

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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