Kaydon Corp

Property owners notified: 64. Date notified: Sept. 19, 2003.

Contaminants:

Tetrachloroethene (PCE).  Also known as tetrachloroethylene, perchloroethylene and PCE. A manufactured chemical widely used for dry cleaning of fabrics and for metal-degreasing. It is also used to make other chemicals and is used in some consumer products.

Possible dangers: reasonably be anticipated to be a carcinogen

Trichloroethene (TCE)Also known as Trichloroethylene. A nonflammable, colorless liquid with a somewhat sweet odor and a sweet, burning taste. It is used mainly as a solvent to remove grease from metal parts, but it is also an ingredient in adhesives, paint removers, typewriter correction fluids, and spot removers.

Not thought to occur naturally in the environment. However, it has been found in underground water sources and many surface waters as a result of the manufacture, use, and disposal of the chemical.
Possible dangers: Potential carcinogen.

Vinyl chloride. Used to make polyvinyl chloride (PVC). PVC is used to make a variety of plastic products, including pipes, wire and cable coatings, and packaging materials. Vinyl chloride is also known as chloroethene, chloroethylene, and ethylene monochloride.

Possible dangers: Known carcinogen. Some people who have breathed vinyl chloride for several years have changes in the structure of their livers. People are more likely to develop these changes if they breathe high levels of vinyl chloride. Some people who work with vinyl chloride have nerve damage and develop immune reactions. The lowest levels that produce liver changes, nerve damage, and immune reaction in people are not known. Some workers exposed to very high levels of vinyl chloride have problems with the blood flow in their hands. Their fingers turn white and hurt when they go into the cold.

Cyanide. Certain bacteria, fungi, and algae can produce cyanide, and cyanide is found in a number of foods and plants. In certain plant foods, including almonds, millet sprouts, lima beans, soy, spinach, bamboo shoots, and cassava roots (which are a major source of food in tropical countries), cyanides occur naturally as part of sugars or other naturally-occurring compounds.

Cyanide and hydrogen cyanide are used in electroplating, metallurgy, organic chemicals production, photographic developing, manufacture of plastics, fumigation of ships, and some mining processes.

Possible dangers: Exposure to high levels of cyanide harms the brain and heart, and may cause coma and death. Exposure to lower levels may result in breathing difficulties, heart pains, vomiting, blood changes, headaches, and enlargement of the thyroid gland.

Properties listed:

1910 Manor Drive, 1914 Manor Drive, 1915 Manor Drive, 1920 Manor Drive, 1925 Manor Drive, 1928 Manor Drive, 1942 Manor Drive, 1945 Manor Drive, 1957 Manor Drive, 1964 Manor Drive, 1974 Manor Drive

2719 Torrent St., 2785 Torrent St.

2556 McCracken St., 2564 McCracken St., 2572 McCracken St., 2620 McCracken St., 2660 McCracken St., 2688 McCracken St., 2708 McCracken St., 2718 McCracken St., 2720 McCracken St., 2788 McCracken St., 2814 McCracken St.

1916 Bundt St., 1921 Bundt St., 1924 Bundt St., 1934 Bundt St., 1946 Bundt St., 1949 Bundt St., 1960 Bundt St., 1961 Bundt St.

1919 Lindberg Drive, 1933 Lindberg Drive, 1940 Lindberg Drive, 1953 Lindberg Drive, 1956 Lindberg Drive, 1959 Lindberg Drive, 1960 Lindberg Drive

1832 Sherman Blvd., 1892 Sherman Blvd., 1916 Sherman Blvd., 1924 Sherman Blvd., 1927 Sherman Blvd., 1928 Sherman Blvd., 1932 Sherman Blvd., 1936 Sherman Blvd., 1940 Sherman Blvd., 1944 Sherman Blvd., 1960 Sherman Blvd., 1964 Sherman Blvd., 1987 Sherman Blvd., 1971 Sherman Blvd., 1996 Sherman Blvd.

1887 Letart Ave., 1891 Letart Ave., 1909 Letart Ave., 1919 Letart Ave., 1933 Letart Ave., 1935 Letart Ave., 1949 Letart Ave., 1953 Letart Ave., 1961 Letart Ave., 1964 Letart Ave.

Private or public water supplies potentially affected: 1916 Bundt St., 1921 Bundt St., 1924 Bundt St., 1934 Bundt St., 1946 Bundt St., 1940 Lindberg Drive, 2660 McCracken St., 1971 Sherman Blvd., 2719 Torrent St.