Wyle Labs Norco site gets national coverage

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Norco, Calif., Homebuyers Were Not Told of Water Contamination

By Sara A. Carter
April 15, 2004
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
as printed in the Miami Herald/Herald.com

Apr. 15--NORCO, Calif. - When Audrey Pavia moved to her home in Wild
Horse Estates, her dream became a reality.

As far back as she can remember, she has always wanted a ranch house
with property where she could keep her horses.

She thought she was safe when a disclosure document from her homebuilder
said that nearby Wyle Laboratories didn't pose a health threat.

But then she found out that Wyle is under investigation by the state
Department of Toxic Substances as a probable source of chemical soil and
groundwater contamination.

"I feel devastated," Pavia said. "I feel like someone has just kicked me
in the stomach. If I would have known everything I know now about the
laboratory, I wouldn't have purchased the home."

Wild Horse Estates -- built by the Curtis Development Corp. -- sits off
Fifth Street and Hillside Avenue adjacent to Wyle, a testing facility
for the U.S. Department of Defense and various aerospace industries
since the 1950s. It is known to have used cancer-causing agents and
various other chemicals that have been found on the property and in soil
tests performed on Hillside Avenue near residential neighborhoods.

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for the entire story, see
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/business/national/8441104.htm

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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