From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:35:50 -0800 (PST) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Vapor intrusion found at Phoenix Motorola Superfund site |
Toxic chemicals discovered in Phoenix neighborhood By Peter Busch KPHO TV-5 News (Phoenix, AZ) January 25, 2012PHOENIX - The Environmental Protection Agency has discovered toxic chemicals beneath the ground of a southeast Phoenix neighborhood, and testing indicates that the chemicals have seeped into at least 16 homes or apartments. The EPA did soil vapor testing in the neighborhood directly west of the old Motorola plant at 52nd Street and McDowell Road. That area was labeled a superfund site in 1989 because of the massive amount of industrial solvents that were dumped into the ground by the plant. Test results detected levels of the chemical compound trichloroethylene, or TCE, as well tetrachloroethylene, or PCE, inside 16 homes or apartments at or above levels deemed safe. ... For the entire story, seehttp://www.kpho.com/story/16593718/toxic-chemicals-discovered-in- phoenix-neighborhood -- 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 _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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