2009 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:04:34 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Crestwood, Illinois groundwater investigation
 
EPA digs for further proof of contamination source in Crestwood


BY MAURA POSSLEY
Southtown Star
September 15, 2009

Illinois Environmental Protection Agency investigators spent Monday under the hot sun digging near Crestwood's notoriously tainted well. Yet another step towards finding a contamination source.

Their digging hoped to confirm the IEPA's theory that the neighboring Playfield Cleaners, 5427 127th St., was responsible for cancer-causing chemicals leeching into the groundwater.

Monday's dig is the latest development in the investigations launched after Crestwood's use of the well to supplement drinking water was brought to light in April.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.southtownstar.com/news/1770959,091509well.article

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Lenny Siegel
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