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I mean, isn't that why she was asking for them to do professional testing? And if it's a remediation site with VOCs above vapor intrusion risk levels, don't yo

I mean, isn't that why she was asking for them to do professional testing? And if it's a remediation site with VOCs above vapor intrusion risk levels, don't you think the government should investigate? Seems like a bigger issue that the remediation was rushed through, and no one would respond to complaints that there could be issues with that rushed remediation. Hazardous waste isn't cell towers. We know hazardous waste can make people sick, and even kill them -- depending on the chemical and exposure. She mentions concern that vinyl chloride was there above vapor intrusion risk levels and no one would tell her why it wasn't cleaned up. That sounds nothing like EMF panic.

macspoofing 5y ago
>isn't that why she was asking for them to do professional testing? If you read her account, there were multiple tests done, by her hired expert and one contracted by the building management company, not including the testing done by Roux. She didn't accept any of the results because they didn't match her conclusion. >Seems like a bigger issue that the remediation was rushed through Rushed through how? This is California where nothing gets built in any reasonable time. But again, what does this have to do with anything? There is zero evidence that her symptoms are caused by the building, or anything related to it. The author simply decided it must be the cause. Must. And now, for some reason, we're debating this non sequitur.
rrss 5y ago
> She mentions concern that vinyl chloride was there above vapor intrusion risk levels and no one would tell her why it wasn't cleaned up. An initial investigation by EIK had 1 sample of 17 that had vinyl chloride above screening levels, which raised VOC from off-site sources (the nearby superfund site) as a potential concern. As a result, Roux took more soil vapor samples several years later, and none of their measurements had vinyl chloride levels above the screening threshold. Maybe this process was rushed or shoddy or something (I wouldn't know or be able to guess), but from the EIR it sounds like Roux did the testing and didn't measure any significant VOCs. and after this, they put in the system for mitigating vapor intrusion anyway.
pasttense01 5y ago
Sure we know that hazardous waste can make people sick, but what we expect is that it would make dozens or hundreds of people in this apartment complex sick--not just one.

macspoofing 5y ago

>isn't that why she was asking for them to do professional testing? If you read her account, there were multiple tests done, by her hired expert and one contracted by the building management company, not including the testing done by Roux. She didn't accept any of the results because they didn't match her conclusion. >Seems like a bigger issue that the remediation was rushed through Rushed through how? This is California where nothing gets built in any reasonable time. But again, what does this have to do with anything? There is zero evidence that her symptoms are caused by the building, or anything related to it. The author simply decided it must be the cause. Must. And now, for some reason, we're debating this non sequitur.

rrss 5y ago

> She mentions concern that vinyl chloride was there above vapor intrusion risk levels and no one would tell her why it wasn't cleaned up. An initial investigation by EIK had 1 sample of 17 that had vinyl chloride above screening levels, which raised VOC from off-site sources (the nearby superfund site) as a potential concern. As a result, Roux took more soil vapor samples several years later, and none of their measurements had vinyl chloride levels above the screening threshold. Maybe this process was rushed or shoddy or something (I wouldn't know or be able to guess), but from the EIR it sounds like Roux did the testing and didn't measure any significant VOCs. and after this, they put in the system for mitigating vapor intrusion anyway.

pasttense01 5y ago

Sure we know that hazardous waste can make people sick, but what we expect is that it would make dozens or hundreds of people in this apartment complex sick--not just one.