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Alex and Vicki Masters are devoted parents. Their 8-year-old son Vincent has his own area of the living room for his Lego bricks, and a baby gate keeps his 8-month-old brother, Gabriel, away from the small choking hazards. The baby can crawl across a brightly blanketed room, all under the gaze of his brother and stay-at-home dad. Eight months ago, ... Read More »
Ametek, Inc. is offering to test the air in any home in the three mobile home communities located over an increasingly high profile chemical plume that runs underground through part of El Cajon. The company is among those responsible for disposing of waste chemicals from a manufacturing site decades ago, and is now the sole responsible party. Another, Ketema Aerospace, ... Read More »
There is no doubt now that some residents of two mobile home parks in El Cajon have been exposed to toxic gas seeping into their homes from a plume of contaminated groundwater. Recent air testing and a newly released health risk study make that clear. Residents of the Starlight Mobile Home Park and Greenfield Mobile Estates will have their first ... Read More »
Trichloroethylene and other toxics have flowed for years from a former aerospace firm under a school and mobile home park, but residents didn't know. Read More »
An underground plume of the chemical trichloroethylene in El Cajon reaches under mobile homes, and many residents are unaware. Read More »