[CPEO-BIF] Northern Binghamton (NY) vapor studies

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

TCE hunt expands in city
New testing starts at chemical facility


By Tom Wilber
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin (NY)
August 29, 2007

BINGHAMTON -- The long, slow search for hazardous chemicals under a 
neighborhood on the north side of Binghamton literally broke new ground 
this week, as workers implanted pollution-detection probes outside a 
chemical warehousing plant and planned to retest air inside nearby homes.

Contractors, trying to pinpoint the source of subterranean pollution, 
drilled holes Tuesday outside the Ashland Distribution Co. on Broad 
Street. The work, which extends to a rail bed on the west side of the 
plant, is expected to continue this week, said Jim Vitak, a company 
spokesman.

So far, four homes in the area to the west of the company have tested 
positive for unacceptable levels of trichloroethylene (TCE) and were 
fitted with systems to prevent subterranean fumes from entering through 
foundations.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070829/NEWS01/708290343

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org


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