2012 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 13:31:51 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] No elevated vapor levels in Wake Forest, North Carolina neighborhood
 
Tests find no elevated chemical levels in Wake Forest neighborhood

WRAL (Raleigh, NC)
December 7, 2012

Soil testing in a Wake Forest neighborhood where drinking wells have been contaminated by a cancer-causing chemical has turned up no elevated levels of chemical vapors, state officials said Friday.

More than a dozen wells serving homes along Stony Hill Road were found this fall to have dangerous levels of trichloroethylene, or TCE, a degreasing agent that environmental officials said likely came from electronics plants that used to operate in the area.

When TCE and tetrachloroethylene, or PCE, are present in groundwater, related soil vapor can travel through spaces in soil beneath structures, officials said. If levels of the chlorinated solvents are high enough, the vapor can enter the home and affect the health of people living in the homes.

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For the entire story, see
http://www.wral.com/tests-find-no-elevated-chemical-levels-in-wake- forest-neighborhood/11855149/

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Lenny Siegel
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