2015 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2015 10:40:25 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Editorial: "Workers exposed to TCE in Endicott [New York] need more protection"
 
Workers exposed to TCE in Endicott need more protection

Editorial Board 
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin
April 17, 2015


In the community's must-do file, add an urgent cautionary note for the Huron campus worksite in Endicott that sits atop a toxic pool of trichloroethylene.

About 1,500 people work at the former IBM site where the ground and water table is contaminated with the chemical that IBM used in its manufacturing operations.

TCE vapors have been detected in the buildings at the property that IBM sold in 2002 to Huron Real Estate Associates. BAE Systems Electronics, i3 Electronics (formerly Endicott Interconnect), Binghamton University and other smaller firms have operations on the property.

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For the entire editorial, see
http://www.pressconnects.com/story/opinion/editorial/2015/04/17/tce-ibm-endicott/25925607/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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