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TCE spills, kills man in Sunset Hills (MO)

A vat of trichloroethylene (TCE) spilled onto 2 men in Sunset Hills, MO last week. This week, one of those men died from his injuries. (Thanks for the pointer Jill)

Camp Crowder contaminated; Community Advisory Group to meet in Neosho (MO)

Camp Crowder is contaminated with TCE and Vinyl Chloride. The Army has agreed to clean it up. There is a Community Advisory Group meeting next Tuesday, April 11 at Crowder College. Read more about it in the Neosho Daily News.

If your state representative wants to support better protections...

…to keep people safer from TCE, please encourage them to contact:

Jody Milanese (millaneese) in Congresswoman Sue Kelly’s office at 202-225-5441

Sullivan public water supply contains trichloroethylene (MO)

According to a blog called Avoiding Evil:


It seems that the city of Sullivan, MO has recently announced that its public water supply has been contaminated with a chemical called Trichloroethylene or TCE. Prolonged exposure to TCE causes severe damage to the liver, lungs, kidneys, and central nervous system, including nausea, unconsciousness, cancer, or even death. It also has the potential to reduce the property values in and around the Sullivan area due to the poor water supply. Seems that a local piston factory had dumped its waste years ago and it is seeping into the water supply. Yay.

We can’t find any official news reports, but did discover low level TCE elevations (some that appear to exceed the federal MCL of 5 ppb) in the City of Sullivan public water supply 2004 Consumer Confidence Report.