[CPEO-MEF] Norco (CA) residents say: Test schools

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Residents: Test soil in schools

NORCO: Rocket-fuel chemical pollution at Wyle Labs spurs meeting on 
students' safety.

By PAIGE AUSTIN
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
April 27, 2005

NORCO - The safety and health of Norco students dominated a Tuesday 
night meeting about pollution from Wyle Labs.

About 75 residents gathered to ask officials with California's 
Department of Toxic Substances Control about the underground plume of 
toxic chemicals that have migrated from the hazardous testing facility 
nestled in the hills near Norco High, Elementary and Intermediate schools.

Over the last year, increasing amounts of cancer-causing chemical 
solvents and small amounts of rocket-fuel chemical have been found in 
the groundwater and soil vapor below and around Wyle.

State officials have tested for contamination at the Norco High football 
field and their failure to find any leads them to conclude that the 
pollution doesn't pose an immediate health risk to the students. 
However, contamination has been found in the ground to the north and 
south of the high school.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pe.com/localnews/corona/stories/PE_News_Local_C_wyle27.a312e.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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