2012 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:38:27 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] LeRoy, New York school investigation
 
Erin Brockovich investigating mystery disease

by Sharon Jayson, Steve Orr and Elizabeth Weise
USA Today
January 26, 2012

Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has started her own investigation into the mysterious illness that’s caused symptoms of facial tics and verbal outbursts among teenagers in Le Roy, N.Y., in light of new evidence about a toxic chemical spill more than 40 years ago that caused water and ground contamination.

Brockovich, of Los Angeles, says families of affected teens and other community members asked her to look into the case. She's spent the past week studying federal and state reports about a 1970 train derailment that spilled cyanide and an industrial solvent called trichloroethene (TCE) within three miles of the high school attended by the 12 teen girls who started having these symptoms last fall. Three other teens, including one boy, are reportedly experiencing similar neurological symptoms.

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For the entire article, see
http://tucsoncitizen.com/usa-today-news/2012/01/26/erin-brockovich- investigating-mystery-disease/

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