[CPEO-BIF] "Whirlpool Progress Report Shows TCE Levels Down In Most, But Not All Areas, " Fort Smith, Arkansas

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Whirlpool Progress Report Shows TCE Levels Down In Most, But Not All Areas

by Laura Simon
KFSM TV-5 News (Fort Smith, AR)
January 15, 2015
	
                             
FORT SMITH - Representatives from Whirlpool said they’re making progress as they work to clean up the trichloroethylene (TCE) contamination in the groundwater beneath and north of their shuttered factory in Fort Smith.

The company released its annual progress report on Thursday (Jan. 15). It shows TCE concentrations are down in most, but not all areas.

“There`s areas we need to monitor closely because of all of the monitoring wells [both on and off site], 83-percent have either shown to be stable or areas of reduction,” Jeff Noel, Whirlpool VP of Communications and Public Affairs, said.

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http://5newsonline.com/2015/01/15/whirlpool-progress-report-shows-tce-levels-down-in-most-but-not-all-areas/

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Lenny Siegel
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