Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Contaminants Plague Fairbanks, AK Home

April 28, 2009- Debra Jorgensen said she started sensing something was wrong at her Hamilton Acres home six years ago. People were getting sick from no apparent cause. About the same time — months after a major earthquake hit Fairbanks and Interior Alaska — people started smelling an unusual, sweet smell in the basement.

Environmental soil tests at the property itself, however, wound up detecting concentrations a handful of toxins including chloroform and trimethylbenzene — a common gasoline additive.

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