New York Pressed To Adopt Risk Screening For Indoor Chemical Vapors

New York regulators say they will respond in the coming months to a proposal by the petroleum industry and other business groups that the state health department's draft guidance for detecting indoor chemical vapors from contaminated soil and groundwater include a risk-based method for screening sites as a way to limit the number of required cleanups. The indoor air contamination at issue, known as vapor intrusion, results when harmful chemicals seep into the air from contaminated land and groundwater under...