2005 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 16 Feb 2005 17:52:53 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] More Wyle Labs sampling
 
Wyle Labs tests widen

NORCO: The state will check a site on Rachel Road for groundwater contamination.

By NICOLE BUZZARD and PAIGE AUSTIN
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
February 16, 2005

NORCO - State officials will test for groundwater contamination today in a neighborhood several blocks from Wyle Labs, a former testing facility with an underground plume of toxic waste.

The move signals a minor shift in the state's testing pattern because today's testing site is not in an area previously flagged by scientists as a pathway for the groundwater plume.

However, today's testing site on Raquel Road is in an area where several residents have battled cancer and have expressed concerns that their health problems may be linked to contamination from Wyle Labs.

"We're ecstatic," said Jeanne Guertin, chairwoman of the city's Community Advisory Group, which works with the California Department of Toxic Substances Control. "It means (state officials) are listening to community concerns and they're taking a broader, more aggressive approach to testing."


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For the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/digitalextra/environment/wyle/vt_stories/PE_News_Local_cwyle16.a1213.html
See also
http://www.pe.com/breakingnews/local/stories/PE_News_Local_wyle21.ecac.html


-- 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 http://www.cpeo.org

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