[CPEO-BIF] Behr Dayton Thermal Plant (Ohio) cancer rates

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Cancer rates high near Behr Dayton Thermal Plant

By Steve Bennish
Dayton Daily News
August 22, 2008

DAYTON - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, Aug. 21, 
reassured residents living near the Behr Dayton Thermal Plant that the 
work needed to clean up contaminated groundwater will continue until the 
problem is solved. Homes will continue to be monitored as well, Steve 
Renninger, U.S. EPA's on-scene coordinator, said at a community meeting.

Not as reassuring were results from a cancer study by the Ohio 
Department of Health that found elevated levels of some cancers, 
including types associated with exposure to trichloroethylene or TCE, a 
cancer-causing chemical that has entered homes in the area from soil 
vapor. There are limitations to the study, however, said Holly 
Engelhardt of the health department. The study wasn't designed to reveal 
connections between the chemical and disease, and didn't include any 
indication as to how long those diagnosed with disease lived in the area.

...

Average indoor air samples in the homes in the area indicated levels of 
16 parts per billion.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/08/22/ddn082208plume.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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