[CPEO-IRF] Fort Gillem (GA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army still cleaning up Fort Gillem

By Ed Brock
Jonesboro News-Daily (GA)
June 20, 2005

After more than 40 years living a stone's throw away from Army Garrison 
Fort Gillem in Forest Park, Jimmy Cobb is well aware of the contaminants 
that have soaked the soil behind the perimeter fence.

In fact, his father and his wife worked at the fort, and he knows of one 
contaminated site near the fort's PX store that has already been cleaned up.

"It doesn't bother me. They're working on it," Cobb said, adding that 
he's more affected by the smell of a nearby rendering plant.

But there aren't any wells around Cobb's well kept home on Craig Drive.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.news-daily.com/articles/2005/06/20/news/news2.txt

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org


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