From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Thu, 30 Aug 2012 07:50:04 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Elmwood, Missouri community concerned about TCE exposure |
EPA inspects North County groundwater By Rebecca S. Rivas St. Louis American August 30, 2012Ever since St. Louis County resident Marcella Mays heard that the ground beneath her home is contaminated with a hazardous and potentially cancer-causing chemical, she hasn’' been able to get it off her mind. For 10 years, she has lived in her 1,400 sq ft, two-story townhome near Interstate-170 and Page Boulevard. And it’s been 22 years since a metal company across the street spilled a grease-cleaning solvent, Trichloroethylene (TCE), into the ground. Now beneath some homes, the TCE levels are considered dangerous. "My kid is out here playing all the time, and this is the first time I've heard about it," she said. "It's scary because I don't really have health insurance. I think about it everyday. Am I inhaling something I shouldn’t be inhaling? Do I need to move?" ... For the entire article, seehttp://www.stlamerican.com/news/local_news/article_bb1611b2- f249-11e1-8bcc-0019bb2963f4.html -- 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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