[CPEO-MEF] VOCs, HEALTH: Bannister Federal Complex (Kansas City) vapor intrusion tests

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

U.S. EPA Region 7
News Release
February 18, 2010

Initial Round of Sampling at Bannister Federal Complex Buildings 50 and 
52 Reveals No Indoor Air Health Concerns


(Kansas City, Kan., Feb. 18, 2010) - Results of recent air monitoring in 
and around a child care facility and an adjacent building at the 
Bannister Federal Complex in Kansas City do not reveal health concerns 
with indoor air at the facilities, EPA Region 7 officials announced today.

EPA Region 7 and its contractors performed a series of sampling 
activities February 4-7 at the two buildings, which are part of the 
General Services Administration's managed portion of the complex at 1500 
E. Bannister Road. Building 50 houses GSA's Kansas City South Field 
Office, and Building 52 houses the Bannister Complex Child Development 
Center, a day care facility.

This round of sampling involved tests of indoor air, as well as 
supplemental tests of outdoor air and air samples taken from beneath the 
concrete floor slabs of both buildings. Indoor air samples showed no 
indication of health concerns related to volatile organic compounds. 
Results of the related sampling do not indicate migration from beneath 
the building that would pose health risks.

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For the entire release, see
http://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/0/0bf362aaa654f58e852576ce0074deb0?OpenDocument

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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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