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Perspective

Apr. 23, 2014

What lies beneath

Some properties that are now posing "vapor intrusion" risks were once thought to be cleaned up. By Brian E. Moskal and Sedina L. Banks


By Brian E. Moskal and Sedina L. Banks


Between November 2012 and January 2013, employees at two buildings in a Google office complex in Mountain View were exposed to hazardous chemical vapors in indoor air at levels that exceeded site-specific limits set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. More than 1,000 employees reportedly work in those buildings.


Google did not cause the pollution. Chemical vapors entered the buildings from decades-old cont...

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