[CPEO-BIF] Gates Rubber TCE

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Council panel to talk about Gates pollution


Metro briefs
Denver Post
December 8, 2004

A committee of the Denver City Council is scheduled this morning to
discuss high levels of a volatile industrial solvent found on the
eastern portion of the former Gates Rubber Co. campus.

Gates recently tested groundwater on the 30-acre parcel on the east side
of South Broadway and found trichloroethylene, or TCE, at levels far
above the state limit, state officials said. TCE is an industrial
solvent that can cause headaches, lung irritation or dizziness if
breathed in small amounts.

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For the entire newsbrief, see
http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~53~2582718,00.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 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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