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Where Children Play

NYABSuperfund. Where Children Play. SVI - Testing Once And Walking Away Leaves The Most Vulnerable At Risk When Science Drives Standards And Guidelines Down. NYABSuperfund. Concerns. Varying Standards & Guidelines Between US EPA and State Agencies which leads to:

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Where Children Play

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  1. NYABSuperfund Where Children Play SVI - Testing Once And Walking Away Leaves The Most Vulnerable At Risk When Science Drives Standards And Guidelines Down

  2. NYABSuperfund Concerns Varying Standards & Guidelines Between US EPA and State Agencies which leads to: Varying degrees of hazard definitions. Varying levels at which varying degrees of intervention are triggered. No standard on what information is relayed to the testing recipient Long Lead Time – Research vs Adaptation And Implementation Of New Standards Benzene – EPA IRIS RC Chronic Inhalation Exposure last updated in 2003 Toluene – EPA IRIS RC Chronic Inhalation Exposure last updated in 2005 Carbon Tetrachloride – EPA IRIS RC Inhalation Exposure last updated in 2010 Xylenes – EPA IRIS RC Inhalation Exposure last updated in 2003 Only Benzene and Carbon Tetrachloride are noted as carcinogens in Nov. 2012 EPA Screening Levels

  3. NYABSuperfund Watertown, NY as Example Testing Results In Two Elementary Schools in 2007/2008 Toluene Sub Slab Ranges 1.2 – 18.0…………………..Indoor Air 1.6 – 17.0 Xylenes Sub Slab Ranges 4.1 – 16.0…………………..Indoor Air 0.49 – 2.3 Carbon Tetrachloride Sub Slab Ranges 0.39 – 0.64….Indoor Air 0.51 – 0.86 Benzene Sub Slab Ranges 1.7 – 28.0………………….Indoor Air 0.55 – 3.8 Residential Testing Results 2007/2008 Toluene Sub Slab Ranges 3.4 – 75.0…………………..Indoor Air 0.69 – 7.6 Xylenes Sub Slab Ranges 0.79 – 16.0………………….Indoor Air 0.49 – 19.0 Carbon Tetrachloride Sub Slab Ranges 1.2 – 1.3……..Indoor Air 0.38 – 1.2 Benzene Sub Slab Ranges 0.62 – 7.1…………………..Indoor Air 0.62 – 9.4 Long Lead Time – Research vs Adaptation And Implementation Of New Standards What is safe today may not be safe tomorrow when new science drives guidelines lower. Those exposed in the above two examples will never know when guidelines are lowered.

  4. NYABSuperfund Solution – Database Of Test Results Each time an SVI test is performed the result is entered into a digital database. Database updates when standards and guidelines are lowered, flagging all previous results for notification and further action, notifying appropraite state agencey and homeowner or other testing recipient. If mitigation has not been performed it may now be more imperative to do so when previous SVI results are flaggedwhich provides valuable information to those exposed, possibly altering medical treatment, providing diagnosis and thereby increasing quality of life. Database can be made public down to neighborhoods or city with scrubbed personal information so those who have moved through an effected area can have access to the same invaluable information.

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