[CPEO-BIF] Pasco Sanitary Landfill (Washington) - vapors are an issue

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Chemicals at $75M Superfund cleanup site leak into Tri-Cities area groundwater 

BY ANNETTE CARY 
Tri-City Herald (WA)
DECEMBER 2, 2024

Hazardous chemicals have been detected in groundwater beyond the defunct Pasco Sanitary Landfill boundary after a process to extract chemicals from the soil failed to capture all the contamination. 

The Washington state Department of Ecology plans to investigate whether vapors from the groundwater could cause unsafe levels of contaminants to build up in buildings near the landfill. 

It also is preparing to immobilize the groundwater contamination to check its spread from the landfill. The groundwater now is not in an area used for drinking water, said the Department of Ecology.

The landfill accepted waste from 1958 to 1993 near at the intersection of Kahlotus Road and Highway 12 just east of Pasco city limits. The site is not associated with the city of Pasco.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/local/article296184269.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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http://www.cpeo.org
Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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