[CPEO-MEF] Contaminated Texas Air Base Blamed for Neighbors' Illnesses

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Contaminated Texas Air Base Blamed for Neighbors' Illnesses

By Cat Lazaroff

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, May 4, 2000 (ENS) - Almost 15 years of dumping
hazardous chemicals at San Antonio's Kelly Air Force Base has taken its
toll on the health of nearby residents and now threatens the city's supply
of drinking water, claim documents released this week by an environmental
watchdog group. 

The Texas chapter of Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility
(Texas PEER) blames plumes of toxic contamination that run beneath more
than 20,000 homes in the poorer Hispanic districts surrounding the airbase. 

Located on 4,000 acres and surrounded by residential neighborhoods, Kelly
Air Force Base (KAFB) warehouses and maintains aircraft, jet engines and
accessory components, including nuclear materials, for worldwide
distribution. Activities at the base can generate as much as 282,000 tons
of hazardous waste per year, all in close proximity to neighboring
communities. 

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