[CPEO-BIF] "Como residents worried about TCE health risks, " Minneapolis, Minnesota

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Como residents worried about TCE health risks
After a study, some still have questions about the toxic vapor.

By Meara Cummings
Minnesota Daily
February 03, 2014

While a report showed cancer rates are normal in the Southeast Como  
neighborhood, residents are concerned about other health risks from  
the trichloroethylene, or TCE, soil vapors contaminating the area.

The Minnesota Department of Health released a report last month,  
which compared the number of cancer cases observed from 2001 to 2010  
against those expected for residents from the 55414 ZIP code.

General Mills dumped TCE vapors on its former Hennepin Avenue  
property for 15 years in the mid-1900s as a byproduct of its chemical  
research. Since concerns over the vapors surfaced in the fall,  
engineers have tested more than 140 homes. More than 90 reported high  
levels of TCE, requiring mitigation systems that General Mills is  
paying for.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.mndaily.com/news/metro-state/2014/02/02/como-residents- 
worried-about-tce-health-risks

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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