[CPEO-BIF] "Whirlpool says TCE pollution plume reduced up to 80% in some areas, " Fort Smith, Arkansas

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Whirlpool says TCE pollution plume reduced up to 80% in some areas

by Ryan Saylor
Fort Smith City Wire (AR)
November 20, 2014


Whirlpool claimed in a Nov. 17 letter to Fort Smith City Administrator that levels of toxic potentially cancer causing trichloroethylene (TCE) hasv been reduced by as much as 80% in some areas impacted by the plume.

In making the claim that TCE concentrations have been reduced by as much as 80% following chemical oxidation treatments, Whirlpool Vice President Jeff Noel told Gosack the drop is representative of all but two areas of the plume.

"Natural attenuation of TCE is also occurring in both onsite and offsite groundwater," Noel said. "The success of the second oxidant injection effort is anticipated to be further evident after receipt and assessment of the 4th Quarter groundwater monitoring data."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.thecitywire.com/node/35593#.VG9y0ofZfPE

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Lenny Siegel
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