[CPEO-BIF] Alcatel-Lucent, New Providence, New Jersey

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

DEP asks Alcatel-Lucent to test some New Providence homes for vapors

Tracy Ness
Independent Press (NJ)
November 16, 2010



NEW PROVIDENCE — Alcatel-Lucent has been asked by the Department of 
Environmental Protection to conduct a series of tests to determine if 
homes along South Street have been impacted by ground water contaminated 
with the chemical Trichloroethylene or TCE. According to the Agency for 
Toxic Substances and Disease, TCE is "reasonably anticipated to be a 
human carcinogen."

According to DEP spokesperson Lawrence Hajna, "These tests are 
precautionary and we do not believe the contaminated plume has reached 
these homes." Hajna said that 13 homes have been selected for the 
investigation along with a commercial property at the corner of South 
Street and Mountain Avenue, and Faith Lutheran Church located near the 
intersection of the two streets.

The tests are being conducted to determine the presence of TCE in the 
air specifically in homes....

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.nj.com/independentpress/index.ssf/2010/11/dep_asks_alcatel-lucent_to_tes.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
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