[CPEO-BIF] TCE from former GE-Dresser plant, Alexandria, Louisiana

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Residential areas affected by chemical from former GE-Dresser plant

By Jeff Matthews
Alexandria Town Talk (LA)
February 12, 2020


When Sandra Shirah was told there were vapors from a dangerous chemical in her home, her first reaction, understandably, was fear.

"I was scared for my daughter," she said. "I was scared for her eight-year-old stepson. I was scared for me. I know this is way down the list, but I was scared for my puppies. Of course, there's the value of my home. I'm a real estate broker, and my thought was all the equity in my home just went 'poof.'"

Shirah's home on Aurora Drive is in the area affected by a chemical that leeched into the ground from the former GE-Dresser plant nearby.

The plant, located off U.S. Highway 167 in the Tioga area, stopped production in 2016 after operating for more than 50 years.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/local/2020/02/12/general-electric-dresser-baker-hughes-tioga/4723300002/

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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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