| From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | Thu, 16 Jun 2016 13:00:57 -0700 (PDT) |
| Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
| Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Grand Rapids, Michigan building evacuated due to vapor intrusion |
Health department evacuates downtown building By Jesse O’Brien Grand Rapids Business Journal (MI) June 16, 2016| A commercial building in the downtown area has been evacuated, and the feds have ordered a cleanup of the facility due to high levels of a carcinogen. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week ordered Trex Properties LLC to clean up indoor air contamination at a former solvent reclamation facility in Grand Rapids, at 312 Ellsworth Ave. SW. Four employees of Big Event Studios, a photography studio operating at the building, were evacuated by the Kent County Health Department on Tuesday due to the presence of trichloroethylene, or TCE. … For the entire article, see http://www.grbj.com/articles/85489-health-department-evacuates-downtown-building -- 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> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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