[CPEO-BIF] Michigan Vapor Intrusion

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Mich. DEQ chief: ‘Vapor intrusion’ poses health threat

by Robert Smith
Valliant News 
November 14, 2019

Lansing — A “significant public health threat” is brewing in Michigan because of chemical vapors that percolate up from the ground of former industrial or commercial sites and can leak into nearby homes, Department of Environmental Quality Director Heidi Grether said.

Grether told lawmakers during a Tuesday budget presentation that there could be 4,000 sites in Michigan, many in Metro Detroit, where potentially harmful vapors could pose a problem to human health. She asked legislators to consider beefing up the department’s 2018 budget request by $2.6 million to dedicate eight employees to the issue full time.

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The DEQ is working with the state’s Department of Health and Human Services to investigate 14 “high priority” potential sites in Metro Detroit where chemical vapors could threaten human health. But hundreds, potentially thousands, of possible vapor intrusion sites in the region have not been tested, said Paul Owens, a district supervisor with the DEQ in Metro Detroit.

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For the entire article, see
https://valliantnews.com/2019/11/14/mich-deq-chief-vapor-intrusion-poses-health-threat/

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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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