February 29, 2008 - Soil contaminated with toxic substances covers a 16-acre swath centered in the 2100 block of Del Amo Boulevard, with the highest concentrations found in a 4.5-acre tract, authorities said.
That smaller area is where an investigation has detected levels of carcinogenic benzene vapors at levels of up to 20,000 parts per billion, say officials from the ExxonMobil Torrance Refinery.
The state mandates remedial action - in this case testing and monitoring - when benzene levels in residential areas exceed 10 parts per billion.
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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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Our homes are worthless and people are moving. We can not sell them and many will lose them to the bank.
At the houses in the Carousel and Monterey Pines in Carson, CA there have been tests that show 3,800,000 parts per million of benzene!! The water board has known about this since March 2008 and they didn't tell everyone. There are levels of benzene that are 100,000 times the acceptable level of exposure. Many of us have lived here for over 40 years!! We are obviously very concerned.
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