[CPEO-BIF] "Minnesota's Vapor [Intrusion] Trail"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Minnesota's Vapor Trail: Tracking toxic gases in basements

by Jeremy Olson
Miinneapolis Star Tribune (MN)
March 30, 2014

The discovery that toxic vapor can rise from contaminated groundwater  
has undercut decades of pollution cleanup efforts in Minnesota,  
prompting state regulators to revisit 293 cleanup sites to determine  
if contaminants that once seemed contained underground are producing  
health hazards today.

While cleanups in southeast Minneapolis and St. Louis Park have been  
well publicized, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has quietly  
undertaken a much broader review, and found another 53 pollution  
sites, from Bagley to Rochester, where vapor intrusion is being  
addressed. The review is ongoing at 80 additional sites.

State pollution officials also must decide whether to revisit 268  
Superfund sites that were closed out years ago, because old cleanup  
strategies didn’t account for vapor risks.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/health/253063501.html

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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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