[CPEO-MEF] Wyle's Norco (CA) site - state says soil gas not a problem

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Groundwater pollution not at homes, state says

CONCERN: High levels of contaminants near Wyle Labs prompt new calls for 
studies near schools.


By PAIGE AUSTIN, LINDA LOU and BONNIE STEWART
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
March 14, 2005


State officials are urging Norco residents not to panic in the wake of 
the latest test results showing high levels of groundwater contamination 
in the residential neighborhood bordering Wyle Labs.

While polluted groundwater has migrated off the hazardous testing 
facility and beneath surrounding homes, it does not appear to be 
reaching the homes themselves, officials with California's Department of 
Toxic Substances Control said. The results of tests on soil gas samples 
released last week show that the pollution, for the most part, is 
staying far below ground along Hillside Avenue and Third Street.

Still, the latest findings of contamination have unnerved area residents 
and prompted renewed calls for further testing at two nearby schools.
Illustration: Click to enlarge

At Norco Intermediate School, eighth-grader Lyndsey Bell said students 
have been avoiding the drinking fountains.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/localnews/inland/stories/PE_News_Local_H_wyle15.585b4.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
http://www.cpeo.org


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