[CPEO-BIF] TCE vapors at Owego (NY) factory

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Chemical gas concerns addressed at Sanmina

BY TOM WILBER
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin 
May 25, 2005


TOWN OF OWEGO -- Workers at Sanmina SCI should see their doctors if they
are concerned about exposure to traces of trichloroethylene gas recently
detected in the factory, a local health official said Tuesday. 

Johannes Peeters, director of the Tioga County Department of Health,
said there are health risks associated with trichloroethylene (TCE)
exposure, but they vary from person to person. He could not characterize
risks to 750 workers at the printed circuit board plant off Route 17C,
where samples taken earlier this year found TCE gases at concentrations
up to 40 times higher than a guideline recently set by the state
Department of Health. 

"Anytime people are exposed to anything, the first line of defense is
(to) go see your doctor," Peeters said. 

Gary Litwin, director of the state Department of Health's Bureau of
Environmental Exposure Investigation, said a ventilation system, under
construction, will eliminate the problem. 

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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
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