[CPEO-BIF] TCE vapor intrusion in Nonantum, Newton, Massachusetts

[Lenny Siegel <Lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Laredo administration assures drinking water not impacted by TCE contamination

By Bryan McGonigle|
Newton Beacon (MA)
May 7, 2026

Mayor Marc Laredo followed up last week’s informational gathering—Nonantum neighbors met with a representative from environmental consulting firm Arcadis—with some updates on how the city is monitoring trichloroethylene (TCE) levels in groundwater and in the air in some homes.

Newton Health Commissioner Shin-Yi Lao and Chief of Staff Dana Hanson were at that meeting, taking notes and collecting feedback on an investigation that has spanned 11 years and three mayoral administrations so far.

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The state installed wells around the sites and more wells where the water flowed underground. And buildings where TCE was found in the air got sub-slab depressurization systems.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.newtonbeacon.org/laredo-administration-assures-drinking-water-not-impacted-by-tce-contamination/


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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)




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