Examine the New Era of Risks and Costs Vapor Intrusion and How to Prepare

Business Wire, July 30, 2008

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/8c4425/vapor_intrusion_p) has announced the addition of the "Vapor Intrusion: Preparing for a New Era of Risks and Costs" report to their offering.

What is vapor intrusion?

Until recently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency admits, vapor intrusion wasn't even on its radar screen. Now the notorious problem of volatile organic and/or inorganic compounds migrating into occupied buildings from underlying contaminated groundwater and/or soil has been declared a significant risk to the public.

Consider that:

- a vast number of current and former industrial, commercial and waste-processing facilities in the United States are capable of causing volatile organic or inorganic groundwater or soil contamination

- the average American spends 18 hours indoors each day

... and it's no mystery why organizations are scrambling for solutions to this dangerous problem.

A spreading danger:

Sites on EPA's CERCLA list indicate that more than 10,000 locations --possibly two or three times that number -- may be VI-contaminated. And since contaminated groundwater plumes are capable of moving contaminants long distances from their source, vapor intrusion represents a threat not only to the site itself but to adjoining properties miles away. Concerns increase further with the redevelopment of "brownfield" locations for residential and commercial use.

Risks imply opportunities:

Whether you're a

- government regulator

- industry spokesperson

- engineer, attorney

- real estate developer

- activist

you owe it to your career and community to know more about vapor intrusion's risks and opportunities. Vapor Intrusion: Preparing for a New Era of Risks and Costs is the only report available today that explains in plain English the $68-million cleanup challenges faced at IBM's Endicott facility, what the government is doing to regulate companies across the country, plus the latest technology to keep the public safe.

Key Topics Covered:

Introduction

- Vapor Intrusion: What It Is, and Why It's Important

- Case Study: Lessons From IBM's Endicott Site

- Major Vapor-Intrusion Health and Safety Concerns

- What the Feds and States Are Doing

- Interview: Senior Toxicologist David Berry, Calif. EPA, on the Role of Risk Assessment and Toxicology in VI Investigations

- The Latest on Vapor Intrusion Investigation and Detection

- Interview: Geoprobe Geologist Wes McCall on Sub-Slab Soil Sampling and the Direct Push Platform

- The Latest on Vapor-Intrusion Remediation and Cleanup

- Interview: Liquid Boot Co.'s Bill Fritzsche on Liquid Applied Barriers and the Market's Role in Solving the VI Problem

- The Future of Vapor Intrusion

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Companies Mentioned:

- Brown Group Retail

- ExxonMobil

- BP

- Chevron

- Keyspan

- Phelps Dodge

- IBM

- Resident Action Group of Endicott (RAGE)

- U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)

- New York State Dept of Health

- Newman Development Group LLC

- National Academy of Sciences' National Research Council

- Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials

- Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

- Interstate Technology Research Council (ITRC)

- New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

- Geoprobe[R] Systems

- EnviroGroup Ltd.

- O'Brien and Gere

- Liquid Boot Co.

- Environmental Data Resources Inc.

- Center for Public Environmental Oversight

Products Mentioned:

- Geoprobes

- Liquid Boot

For more information visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/8c4425/vapor_intrusion_p