[CPEO-MEF] VOCs: Vapor testing at Army Cold Regions Lab (NH)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Tests: TCE In Soil, Not In School

By Sarah Brubeck
Valley News (NH)
August 23, 2013


Hanover - The latest round of testing for Trichloroethylene, or TCE,  
at Richmond Middle School has shown no evidence of the potentially  
carcinogenic chemical indoors, but tests did find the compound deep  
in the soil on the school grounds, confirming for the first time that  
the vapor has migrated across Route 10 from a military research  
laboratory.

The news this week that there are no detectable traces of TCE inside  
the middle school was welcomed by school administrators, who are  
preparing for the first day of classes next Wednesday.

...

Although this month’s test did not detect TCE in the school building,  
the Army Corps of Engineers plans to test the indoor air every three  
months.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.vnews.com/news/8175547-95/tests-tce-in-soil-not-in-school

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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