[CPEO-BIF] Lehigh TCE spill, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Environmental agencies continue to work on Lehigh TCE spill, but contamination will linger for decades to come

by Howard B. Owens 
Batavian (NY)
September 6, 2019 


Federal and state environmental agencies are continuing to monitor and work on cleanup of contaminants at the Lehigh Train Derailment Superfund Site off of Gulf Road, according to information obtained by The Batavian.

The elimination of TCE contaminants from groundwater in the four-mile-long plume area, which stretches from Gulf Road to four miles east and southeast of the derailment site, is not likely to occur in most of our lifetimes.

The derailment site cleanup was largely forgotten until 2011 when it became the focus of speculation during the Le Roy tic issue when about a dozen high school girls developed spontaneous tic-like movements.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.thebatavian.com/howard-b-owens/environmental-agencies-continue-to-work-on-lehigh-tce-spill-but-contamination-will

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