Wyle Labs offsite contamination

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Wyle findings give small comfort

NORCO: The state may order the company to clean up groundwater at the
border of its property.

By PAIGE AUSTIN
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
July 3, 2004

NORCO - To the naked eye, Golden West Lane looks like a typical Norco
neighborhood. 

But there are small hints at the anxiety of its residents - newspapers
piled up outside an empty home, "for sale" signs going up and down as
homeowners debate with themselves about whether to stay or go. 

For weeks, the residents of Golden West have been struggling with shock
and confusion stemming from the knowledge that contamination from a
nearby hazardous-testing facility has crept into the soil beneath their
neighborhood. 

On Friday, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control
released a report informing the residents that traces of a suspected
carcinogen used at neighboring Wyle Labs have shown up in soil gas
samples taken at six homes. The low levels of contamination mean that
the residents face little to no increased risk of cancer, said state
toxicologist William Bosan. 

However, soil gas samples taken within 30 yards of two homes on Golden
West are more than five times the state's threshold for a long-term
health risks, including cancer. 

...

for the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/localnews/corona/stories/PE_News_Local_cwyle03.57af8.html

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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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