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Whirlpool Corporation just today started collecting soil samples at the former
Whirlpool Park
it's located near Green Springs and was home to children and families activities
for decades
Jonathan Walsh joins us with more tonight on this. Jonathan the park has
been one of the focal points of two lawsuits filed against the company
saying that that contributed to people getting cancer there. Yea the park
recent finding of a substance called benzaldehyde
in the attics in Clyde, we asked a representative from Whirlpool
Corporation about those topics
dumping and so much more.
This is an important matter for Whirlpool Corporation Jeff Noel
is the VP of Communications for Whirlpool Corporation and says the
company started Monday collecting the first of three hundred soil samples
at the former Whirlpool Park. It will compare the samples with 200-plus
compounds
and it will install 12 monitoring wells. This is all part of a process to get
more information so that we can continue our work grounded in the facts and grounded
in science.
We ask that a recent lawsuit filed by several families in the eastern Sandusky
County childhood cancer cluster
where benzaldehyde was found in the attics of homes in Clyde
and Noel says that is used in many things like food products and cosmetics.
Benzaldehyde is not on any
regulatory agencies list of required tracking or measuring or anything of
that nature.
WTOL 11 found this hazardous substance fact sheet from the New Jersey
Department of Health and Senior Services
it states benzaldehyde is on the list because it is cited by several
government departments.
The National Institutes of Health says repeated inhalation of
benzaldehyde
produced death in rabbits. The Ohio Department of Health reports the compound
is not a known or reasonable anticipated human carcinogen
New Jersey says that needs more study we ask Noel if Whirlpool
burned waste creating benzaldehyde?
We're doing the work now to make sure that
if it was we could give answers in terms of how much but it's not according to our
manufacturing processes.
and as far as dumping on Whirlpool property? We've made sure that we've
interviewed previous employees residents in the area
and we never knowingly allow for any improper materials to be placed on that
site. Noel says the Whirlpool Park testing should last a couple of weeks.
reporting in Toledo I'm Jonathan Walsh.