[CPEO-IRF] Concord (CA) contamination

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Chemicals used long ago hinder building at naval station today

By Ryan Huff
CONTRA COSTA TIMES
August 7, 2006

When sailors needed to get rid of napalm, oil and grenades at the 
Concord Naval Weapons Station after World War II, they had a simple 
solution: Just dig a hole and have a bonfire.

Sixty years later, the hangover for these toxic practices is becoming 
clear as the city of Concord tries to redevelop a base laced with 
harmful contaminants that can lead to cancer and other diseases.

A recent Navy report details the dangers of nine contaminated sites in 
the base's southern inland area, which Congress shut down last year and 
where the city might approve thousands of homes.

The cleanup, to prepare one of the East Bay's last chunks of land 
available for development, could take nine years and cost the Navy $40 
million.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.contracostatimes.com/mld/cctimes/news/local/states/california/15216654.htm

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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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