Is Hellertown superfund site causing vapor intrusion? (PA)
The Express Times (Easton, PA) has this report about TCE migrating away from a Hellertown Superfund site:
Contaminated soil at the former Champion Spark Plug factory on Main Street is covered with a cap under a layer of asphalt, but federal officials want to determine if any chemical gases from the property made their way into nearby homes.Read the full story here.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is expected to test two residences over the next few months for the presence of trichloroethylene (TCE), one of the chemicals that entered the soil and groundwater at the site between 1930 and 1976.