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All data are collected and presented by SHIP as of 07/03/09, and have not been verified by NYS DEC, DOH, or Emerson.

South Hill Ithaca Pollution (SHIP)
Toxic Chemical Database

This page provides some ways of looking at the data from testing done in the neighborhood of the Emerson Power site in Ithaca, NY, to characterize the extent of a known release of trichloroethene (TCE) from that site. It's provided on behalf of SHIP, a loose group of neighbors and other interested parties organized around an e-mail list and web site maintained at Yahoo! Groups, and an informational web site at Ithaca-Ship.org. Please see those sites for detailed background information on these tests, why they were done, what they may mean, and what's going to happen next.

Some of the data here are from publicly-available sources. The most up-to-date results are usually those contributed by property owners, as owners receive results long before they are put in the public archive. If you own a property that was tested and you have the results, please consider submitting them (e-mail for instructions). Sharing our test results helps us all understand the scope of the problem faster.

Finally, a general disclaimer: All government limits and guidelines listed here were collected from various web sites, and conversions and comparisons are being performed by me (Timothy Weber) or by other members of the SHIP group. If you find an error, please let me know and I'll correct it.

Most Recent Additions

Newcomers are encouraged to look at the new Test Rounds map, to see the location of existing and upcoming testing and see whether a property they own or rent is affected.

The latest test results added were those from Cornell's Long Term TCE monitoring, where three properties were monitored monthly for one year.

Data as of 31 January 2009

The database contains information on 157 properties, including 582 test samples containing a total of 26,760 test values. (One test value is the amount of a specific chemical found in a specific place on a specific day.)

The following table lists the number of properties represented in the database for each round of testing:

Round Targeted Properties Tested Properties Site-related Results Full Test Results
Indoor I, Fall 2004 54 43 43 (100%) 28 (65%)
Indoor II, Winter 2005 54 54 47 (87%) 46 (85%)
Indoor III, Fall 2005 43 43 39 (91%) 38 (88%)
Indoor IV, Spring 2006 26 26 24 (92%) 24 (92%)
Indoor V, Fall 2006 28 28 18 (64%) 18 (64%)
Cornell LT-TCE '07-'08 3 3 3 (100%) 3 (100%)

Available reports:

Title Comments
Chemicals by name A list of all the toxics that have been found in the area, along with some information about each, a list of all the properties where that chemical was found, and maps.
Chemicals by name, just site-related Just the chemicals considered related to the Emerson site.
Map: All VOCs, Rounds I-III A map showing the number of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) detected over all background levels at each property over all recent rounds of indoor air testing.
Map: PCE, Round I A map showing concentration of PCE in the first round of indoor air testing in 2004.
Map: TCE, Round I A map showing concentration of TCE in the first round of indoor air testing in 2004.
Map: TCE, Round III A map showing concentration of TCE in the third round of indoor air testing, in 2005.
Map: TCE, Round IV A map showing concentration of TCE in the fourth round of indoor air testing, in Spring 2006.
Map: TCE, Round V A map showing concentration of TCE in the fifth round of indoor air testing, in Fall 2006.
Map: TCE, Rounds I-V A map showing concentration of TCE over all recent rounds of indoor air testing, 2004-2006.
Properties Homes whose owners contributed data.
Test Rounds A map of the neighborhood, showing the properties introduced into each round of testing so far.

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