[CPEO-MEF] Fallon fuel spill

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy Says No Spilled Jet Fuel Has Leaked Outside Base

By Frank X. Mullen Jr.
Reno Gazette-Journal
May 31st, 2001


Nobody knows how much jet fuel spilled on to the ground at Fallon Naval
Air Station in the last 30 years, but Navy and state regulators said
they are fairly sure of one thing: The underground contamination hasn’t
gotten off the base.

The possible spread of the plume has become an issue because jet fuel is
among the focuses of an investigation into 14 cases of childhood
leukemia in Fallon. The 14 children have been diagnosed with the illness
since 1997, including 13 in the last two years.

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For the entire story, see
http://www.rgj.com/news2/stories/news/991370552.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 222B View St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
lsiegel@cpeo.org
http://www.cpeo.org

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