Lead at Delaware police firing range

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Firing-range tests find high lead levels
Data will be used for facility cleanup

By MARY ALLEN
The New Journal (DE)
April 15, 2004

Test results on contamination at the state police firing range made
public Wednesday showed lead levels in the portion of the building used
for shooting were several times higher than what experts consider
acceptable.

Police stopped using the indoor shooting range near Smyrna in January.
The building was closed last month after the lead levels in two
employees' blood - while remaining within acceptable levels - rose
significantly. High lead levels in adults can cause symptoms including
difficulties during pregnancy, digestive problems, muscle pain and
memory loss, according to federal health data.

Gloria Wernicki Homer, secretary of the state Department of
Administrative Services, said state officials will use information from
Wednesday's report to write specifications for cleaning up the shooting
range. The project will be put out for bid around May 10.

The state began advertising today for bids to clean the back of the
bullet trap; the manufacturer is already scheduled to clean the bullet
trap itself, Homer said. Officials are still waiting on a price.

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for the entire story, see
http://www.delawareonline.com/newsjournal/local/2004/04/15firingrangetest.html

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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
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