[CPEO-BIF] "Green Ooze" from Electro-Plating Services facility, Madison Heights, Michigan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State says "green ooze" not impacting drinking water

By Mark Cavitt 
The Oakland Press 
January 24, 2020

Contamination from the "green ooze" spill is not impacting drinking water. 

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) reported that preliminary test results indicate that contamination from the polluted Madison Heights Electro-Plating Services facility are neither impacting groundwater nor moving southward from the site.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) tested groundwater from south of E. 10 Mile Road in Hazel Park, the opposite direction from the I-696 freeway embankment where contaminants were discovered seeping onto the shoulder Dec. 20. Those tests detected no trichlorethylene (TCE) and no hexavalent chromium, the chemicals found in the "green ooze."

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For the entire article, see
https://www.theoaklandpress.com/news/state-says-green-ooze-not-impacting-drinking-water/article_4dc7567c-3ed9-11ea-8b4b-474e887c8434.html

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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
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