June 13, 2007 - The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality announced plans to expand a toxic fumes testing program to include 30 more residents in Eugene's Trainsong neighborhood.
The agency had earlier found fumes rising up in the crawl spaces of eight nearby homes from a hazardous industrial solvent in the groundwater.
Many members of the neighborhood wanted testing but dozens of nearby homes will remain untested. The DEQ said further testing could be warranted based on the results of the 30 homes.
The groundwater was fouled by a century of spills of industrial degreaser at the railyard along the northern boundary of the neighborhood. A broad plume of the contaminated groundwater persists under homes in the Trainsong and River Road neighborhoods.
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Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste Material are issues families all across America are afflicted with daily.
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