High-profile environmental advocate Erin Brockovich has been investigating possible health-damaging chemicals at a Lennar (LEN Quote) housing community in South Carolina.
Next week, she will be unveiling test results that, she says, confirm the existence of methane and hazardous chemical contaminations at the site that are "of concern," TheStreet.com has learned. Such findings would run contrary to a recent ruling by the Environmental Protection Agency.
Certain residents at Lennar's Pebble Creek community in the Westcott Plantation section of Charleston, S.C., have complained about health problems such as headache and fatigue for several years now.
They claim these health issues may be related to possible benzene, methane and other VOC contamination at the community. VOCs are "volatile organic compounds" that can easily vaporize and enter the atmosphere and disrupt air quality. Some VOCs, such as benzene (which is emitted from tobacco smoke, among other places), are known carcinogens.
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