[CPEO-BIF] "Milwaukee [Wisconsin] apartment building evacuated after TCE detected"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Milwaukee apartment building evacuated after TCE detected

By Aly Prouty and Cody Taylor 
Spectrum News 1 (WI)
March 27, 2023

MILWAUKEE — Dozens of families said they are looking for answers after being forced to leave their homes due to possible exposure to harmful chemicals.

An apartment building on 32nd and Center Sts. on Milwaukee’s Northwest Side was home to more than 150 people. Now it’s empty. Residents have been moved to temporary housing after trichloroethylene, also known as TCE, was found in the building. 

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The apartment building, which was previously part of the Briggs and Stratton industrial complex, opened last summer as an affordable housing unit.

The Milwaukee Health Department evacuated the building after the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources noticed levels of TCE from a recent air quality test by an environmental group working with the building’s developer.

“We were aware that there is TCE beneath the building, so we said, ‘You’re going to need to evaluate where vapor is going to be an issue in your building… and confirm your vapor system is operating effectively,’” Christine Sieger, program director for the Wisconsin DNR’s remediation and redevelopment program said.

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For the entire article and video, see
https://spectrumnews1.com/wi/madison/news/2023/03/28/milwaukee-apartment-building-evacuated-tce-detected#

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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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