[CPEO-MEF] "Hanover Cold Regions Lab [NH] Tries To Remove Toxic Chemical From Soil"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Hanover Cold Regions Lab Tries To Remove Toxic Chemical From Soil

By Charlotte Albright 
Vermont Public Radio
March 9, 2015

The U.S. Army’s Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, or CRREL, sits on soil in Hanover, N.H. that's been contaminated by a toxic chemical no longer in use. Trichloroethylene, or TCE, was used for years as a coolant at the facility and has leaked into the soil. If it migrates into water and air it can cause serious health problems. So the Army Corps of Engineers has come up with a way to treat it – and, they hope, eventually to remove it.

An air filter whirs in one of CRREL’s many low, sprawling buildings on this tightly guarded complex as  three environmental experts share ideas about how to keep TCE from polluting the air workers breathe here.

Lawrence Cain, a health risk assessor for the Army Corps of Engineers, says TCE has been associated with increased risk for some cancers and immune diseases. Pregnant woman are especially vulnerable to the non-cancer effects.

Darrell Moore, spokesman for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, shows device that measures TCE at the Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory in Hanover, N.H. It was originally developed to detect chemical weapons in combat zones.


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For the entire story, see
http://digital.vpr.net/post/hanover-cold-regions-lab-tries-remove-toxic-chemical-soil



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