[CPEO-BIF] "Degreasing Chemical Concerns Spur Thousands of State Reviews"

[Lenny Siegel]

Degreasing Chemical Concerns Spur Thousands of State Reviews


By Sylvia Carignan
Chemical Regulation Reporter®
March 9, 2017

States are finding dangerous concentrations of a degreasing chemical in indoor air in reviews of thousands of contaminated sites. 

In some states, many properties—often dry cleaners and gas stations as well as residential and industrial sites—have previously been assessed for trichloroethylene, or TCE. The chemical solvent can migrate from contaminated groundwater up into soil and indoor air through a process called vapor intrusion, or sub-surface intrusion.

In Massachusetts, about one in four of the sites state officials are assessing for TCE need “further work,” though that may not indicate unsafe levels, said Paul Locke, assistant commissioner for the state’s Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup.

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For the entire article, see 
https://www.bna.com/degreasing-chemical-concerns-n57982085023

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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