[CPEO-BIF] Ashland (MA) vapor intrusion

[Lenny Siegel]

Plan to vent toxins aired

By Theresa Freeman
MetroWest Daily News (MA)
September 22, 2006

ASHLAND -- Federal officials last night reviewed how they planned to 
ventilate about 40 homes and business at risk of collecting toxic 
vapors, while residents questioned how they decided which buildings to 
target.

About 40 residents last night in the high school auditorium looked over 
enlarged maps and questioned U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 
officials about the latest cleanup projects for the Nyanza Superfund site.

Last month, the EPA announced vapors rising off a half-mile long plume 
of contaminated groundwater -- from the former Nynaza dye manufacturing 
company -- posed a "fractional" cancer risk.

The cancer warning was based on an analysis of indoor air samples from 
14 homes, Town Hall and the Police Department, said Jim DiLorenzo, an 
EPA project manager for the Nyanza cleanup.

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http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=140955

-- 
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
http://www.cpeo.org