[CPEO-MEF] More Wyle Labs sampling

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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


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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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