[CPEO-BIF] "40 years after spill, former IBM Endicott [New York] campus still toxic"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

40 years after spill, former IBM Endicott campus still toxic

By  Chloe Vincente
WBNG TV-12 News (Binghamton, NY)
November 21, 2019

ENDICOTT - It’s been four decades since a spill on the former IBM campus in Endicott prompted investigations by the Department of Environmental Conservation.

The DEC said those investigations would later reveal a large plume of toxic chemicals like TCE, spanning throughout the campus and beyond. It prompted a massive cleanup effort for the groundwater, soil and a first of its kind initiaive in New York State to monitor and control soil vapor intrusion.

“It certainly was the largest response action relative to mitigation,” said DEC Director of Environmental Remediation Mike Ryan.

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For the entire article, see
https://wbng.com/news/top-stories/2019/11/21/40-years-after-spill-former-ibm-endicott-campus-still-toxic/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
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