[CPEO-BIF] Old Chrysler plant, Dayton, Ohio

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Our View: Chrysler, EPA need to test homes

Editorial
Dayton Daily News (OH)
September 16, 2007

The soil and groundwater beneath dozens of city blocks south of the old 
Chrysler plant (now Behr Dayton Thermal Products) off Webster Street in 
North Dayton are seriously polluted.

The main toxin is trichloroethylene, or TCE, a degreasing solvent that 
is a suspected carcinogen. The chemical also may cause nerve, kidney or 
liver damage, according to the National Academy of Science and other 
health experts.

The Behr site is "hot" - full scope of the health risks or how many 
families in a working-class neighborhood of several hundred are living 
with unacceptable levels of TCE vapors in their homes.


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For the entire editorial, see
http://www.daytondailynews.com/search/content/oh/story/opinions/editorial/2007/09/16/ddn091607behrxxer.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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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