From: | "Stella Bourassa" <Stellalogic@cfl.rr.com> |
Date: | 18 Jul 2005 15:17:07 -0000 |
Reply: | cpeo-irf |
Subject: | Re: [CPEO-IRF] Arsenic at/near former Ft. Devens (MA) |
I hope, in the spirit of accountability and responsibility, health assessments will be done in this community. People who live on land with a'natural' excessive amount of arsenic also have serious endroconology issues-like diabetes. Arsenic leaves 'this legacy' whether it's put there by man or nature. A google search of "arsenic diabetes" is informative regarding this matter. Stella ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lenny Siegel" <lsiegel@cpeo.org> To: "Installation Reuse Forum" <Installation_Reuse_Forum@list.cpeo.org> Sent: Friday, July 15, 2005 9:17 PM Subject: [CPEO-IRF] Arsenic at/near former Ft. Devens (MA) > Arsenic tests show impact at Red Cove but not town wells > > By Don Eriksson > Pepperell Free Press (MA) > July 15, 2005 > > DEVENS -- Biological laboratory data from sediment samples taken from > the bottom of Plow Shop and Grove ponds indicate significant ecological > impact to Plow Shop Pond's Red Cove from the arsenic present in > groundwater and from Shepley Hill landfill, according to an > Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report released to the Restoration > Advisory Board (RAB). > > The data will become part of a final ecological risk assessment to be > given the Army Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) team in September for > its further action. > > Both ponds were formed by a series of dams installed in the 19th century > that backed water up onto meadow land underlain by peat bogs. When BRAC > work began in the early 1990s, the ponds generated interest because of > potential contamination to the Ayer municipal water supply near Grove Pond. > > ... > > For the entire article, see > http://www.pepperellfreepress.com/Stories/0,1413,109~5520~2966521,00.html > > -- > > > 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 > <lsiegel@cpeo.org> > http://www.cpeo.org > _______________________________________________ > Installation_Reuse_Forum mailing list > Installation_Reuse_Forum@list.cpeo.org > http://www.cpeo.org/mailman/listinfo/installation_reuse_forum _______________________________________________ Installation_Reuse_Forum mailing list Installation_Reuse_Forum@list.cpeo.org http://www.cpeo.org/mailman/listinfo/installation_reuse_forum | |
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