[CPEO-BIF] Leaking underground storage tanks, Pennsylvania

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

What lies beneath
Leaking underground tanks leave legacy of contamination

By Christopher Baxter and Tim Darragh
ALLENTOWN MORNING CALL (PA)
February 28, 2010

Honora Gilmore had looked forward to hosting Christmas dinner at her 
Upper Nazareth Township home last year, but a pungent diesel odor 
blanketing the neighborhood doused her holiday plans.

The smell began in November as a passing perfume in the breeze, Gilmore 
said. But it intensified and spread. By December, the stench was so 
pronounced motorists on Township Line Road often dialed 911.

"Most people were thinking it was a gas leak, but I was more concerned 
because I live there, I don't just drive by," Gilmore said. "I was 
scared that I was living with some silent killer."

The culprit was a leaky underground storage system at a nearby truck 
terminal. It is one of thousands of tank systems across Pennsylvania 
that have failed and contaminated soil and water, and exposed 
neighborhoods to dangerous chemicals.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-asdasd.7188433feb28,0,6935226.story

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org



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