[CPEO-BIF] Horseshoe Road Superfund site (NJ)- potential vapor intrusion

[Lenny Siegel]

Concerns raised over Horseshoe Road site
Environmental group says Horseshoe Road is 'a toxic playground'

BY MICHAEL ACKER
Old Bridge Suburban, (NJ)
October 12, 2006


Human exposure to toxic substances is not under control at the Horseshoe 
Road Superfund site in Sayreville.

That's according to a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency report, which 
lists more than a dozen other sites in New Jersey as also being 
unsecured to exposure.

...

"One of the issues we have with the groundwater is vapor intrusion," 
Osolin said. "When we look at a site, we not only look at what potential 
exposures there are now, we look at what we might find in the future. 
Volatile organic solvents trapped in the ground beneath the site could 
put off gas into a building if one is built there, so we are going in 
after those to get rid of that potential."

...

For the entire article, see
http://suburban.gmnews.com/news/2006/1012/Front_Page/002.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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