2017 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 23:51:30 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: [CPEO-BIF] El Cajon, California vapor intrusion investigation
 
Expert: Every home located on toxic plume in El Cajon should be tested

by Ingrid Lobet 
inewsource
June 12, 2017
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There is no doubt now that some residents of two mobile home parks in El Cajon have been exposed to toxic gas seeping into their homes from a plume of contaminated groundwater. Recent air testing and a newly released health risk study make that clear. 

Residents of the Starlight Mobile Home Park and Greenfield Mobile Estates will have their first chance this week to question public officials since the testing of 17 initial homes. 
“Anybody who is above the plume, who wants it, should have sampling conducted right away,” said Lenny Siegel with the Center for Public Environmental Oversightin Mountain View, Calif.  Siegel has worked on more than 200 contaminated sites. His organization consults with communities that live above toxic plumes.

An environmental chemist and vapor expert involved in past testing at Magnolia Elementary School, which is also next door to the industrial site where chemicals leaked, was surprised that more has not been done to remedy the pollution by now.

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For the entire article, see
http://inewsource.org/2017/06/12/whose-homes-will-be-tested/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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