Superior Tube to eliminate TCE use (PA)
According to today's Philadelphia Inquirer (PA):
Congratulations to Liz D., Jon Goodman, the folks at PennFuture, and the others in the Collegeville/Trappe area who are fighting to protect people from TCE and played an important role in influencing Superior Tube's decision. Thanks also to Liz for the tip.
Superior Tube Co., a Collegeville manufacturer that has released some of the nation's highest airborne amounts of trichloroethylene, a suspected carcinogen, announced today that it is phasing out use of the chemical.Read the full story here.
Company president Tony Jost said the TCE would be replaced with a less hazardous chemical.
The company has asked the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection for permission to modify its procedures. If approved, Jost said, the work could be completed by the end of April.
Charles McPhedran of Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future, a key critic of the company's practices, said Superior was making "a big step forward."
Company officials said the new process would be state of the art and would meet or exceed all the changes that have been vigorously sought by area residents, legislators and the environmental community.
Congratulations to Liz D., Jon Goodman, the folks at PennFuture, and the others in the Collegeville/Trappe area who are fighting to protect people from TCE and played an important role in influencing Superior Tube's decision. Thanks also to Liz for the tip.
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