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Mackenzie Shuman
REPORTER
I am an environment and education issues reporter for The Tribune newspaper in San Luis Obispo, California.
Articles
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A hidden threat lies beneath California's dry cleaners: Toxic chemical plumes endanger communities and their water supply.
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Topics
Legacy contamination from dry cleaners is jeopardizing California's groundwater, posing a multi-billion-dollar problem.
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California faces a multi-billion dollar cleanup of toxic PCE from dry cleaners. Current funds are insufficient, and unlike other states, California lacks a dedicated remediation program, leaving residents at risk.
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Taline Mazlemian has run Paragon Cleaners since her uncle's 2004 death. The business faces costly PCE contamination cleanup, common in California dry cleaners, worsened by COVID-19 losses. Many have shut down.
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Communities deserve to know more about the silent public health threat potentially sitting below their homes and businesses.