[CPEO-BIF] Ithaca, New York TCE vapors

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Emerson finds small amounts of TCE at IPD station, courthouse

By Jennie Daley
Ithaca Journal (NY)
April 24, 2007

ITHACA - Test results show levels of contamination below those requiring 
mitigation at the Ithaca Police Department building and adjacent city 
courthouse.

Contaminant levels across Clinton Street in two police department 
storage sheds showed slightly higher levels of chemicals that will 
require continued monitoring.

The tests mark the furthest north consultants from Emerson Power 
Transmission have traveled to look for carcinogens and other chemicals 
historically released from the South Hill factory.

...

"What we're finding is they've not reached the limit of where the 
chemicals might have traveled," said Ken Deschere, a resident of the 
impacted neighborhood. "Obviously this stuff has not gone away and still 
is very much a concern."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070424/NEWS01/704240334

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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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