[CPEO-BIF] "EPA reaffirms link between cancer-causing chemical and Exide plant activities, " Vernon, California

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA reaffirms link between cancer-causing chemical and Exide plant activities
The agency also said that if Exide got a Superfund designation they would keep investigating other harmful chemicals in the area.

by Alfredo Santana
Los Angeles Public Press (CA)
March 5, 2025

The Environmental Protection Agency reaffirmed last Wednesday at a community meeting that the presence of a toxic chemical at the site of the former Exide Technologies plant is linked to operations at that location.

TCE is a synthetic, colorless liquid originally developed as an anesthetic that evaporates at room temperature. The National Cancer Institute lists the chemical as causing kidney cancer, with other evidence suggesting it may be linked to liver cancer as well as non-Hodgkin lymphoma. The EPA banned the use of TCE in December.
 
The EPA is considering whether the presence of TCE and other chemicals and substances found at the Exide plant would qualify the site for a designation known as a Superfund.  The term refers to a law originating in the 1980s that authorizes the EPA to clean polluted industrial sites, as well as force parties at fault for the toxins to clean their properties or pay the government for remediation work. 

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For the entire article, see
https://lapublicpress.org/2025/03/exide-toxic-superfund-cleanup/

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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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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