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The Masters family in El Cajon has an air filter in the living room to reduce chemical vapors from a stream of pollution beneath their home. Vapors have been measured at high levels there and may have been present for years. July 18, 2017. Megan Wood/inewsource
Posted inEnvironment

El Cajon family endures months, possibly years of toxic indoor air

by Ingrid Lobet August 10, 2017August 11, 2020 Why you can trust inewsource

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 […]

Truong Mai, a partner at Ametek environmental consultant ERM, staffs the air testing table at a community meeting on the underground contamination in El Cajon. June 4, 2017. Megan Wood/inewsource
Posted inEnvironment

Company offers air testing to all El Cajon mobile home residents

by Ingrid Lobet June 15, 2017August 11, 2020 Why you can trust inewsource
A plume of TCE runs beneath neighborhoods and businesses in El Cajon. It can turn into a gas, filter up through the ground and collect indoors in unventilated spaces.
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Expert: Every home located on toxic plume in El Cajon should be tested

by Ingrid Lobet June 12, 2017August 11, 2020 Why you can trust inewsource
A plume runs beneath a road in the Starlight Mobile Home Park in El Cajon. Oct. 18, 2016. Megan Wood/inewsource
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El Cajon homes to be tested, and a new map of a toxic plume

by Ingrid Lobet October 31, 2016August 11, 2020 Why you can trust inewsource
Nine wells to monitor and clean contaminated groundwater lie at the edge of Magnolia Elementary School grounds in El Cajon, with mobile homes across the fence. Oct. 19, 2016. Meg Wood/inewsource
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Toxic plume in El Cajon reaches beneath mobile homes

by Ingrid Lobet October 20, 2016August 11, 2020 Why you can trust inewsource

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