Monday, August 4, 2008

EPA tests homes and day care in West Oakland for harmful compounds

July 25, 2008 - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency tested about a half dozen homes, a business and a day care center near the former Lane Metal Finishers site on 30th Street and San Pablo Avenue, where the state Department of Toxic Substances Control found elevated levels of volatile organic compounds in five samples taken 8 feet below the surface of the former metal plating location.

Vicki Rosen, community involvement coordinator for the EPA, said her agency was contacted to sample the indoor air of nearby buildings to see if contaminants in the soil have migrated.

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