[CPEO-MEF] VOCs, HEALTH: Vapor intrusion sampling near Kelly Air Force Base (TX)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Air testing slated for homes near the old Kelly

Anton Caputo and Jerry Needham
San Antonio Express-News (TX)
April 11, 2008

Residents living over the toxic plume of chemicals from the defunct 
Kelly AFB long have suspected the contamination of causing everything 
from birth defects to cancer, despite studies that have failed to find a 
direct link.

Now federal regulators, under pressure from residents and U.S. Rep 
Charlie Gonzalez, want to find out if the chemicals in the water beneath 
the ground could be leaking dangerous vapors into area homes.

Next month, the Environmental Protection Agency will conduct a number of 
air tests beneath the slabs of homes in the North Kelly Gardens 
neighborhood and in the homes themselves.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/environment/stories/MYSA041108.01A.kelly.386d343.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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