RDX on Cape Cod

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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High RDX levels found in well
Homes thought to be at risk in the Port of Call subdivision will be
connected to town water.

By AMANDA LEHMERT
Cape Cod Times
April 29, 2004

BOURNE - The Army will pay to hook up three homes to the Bourne Water
District because high levels of Royal Demolition Explosive were found in
groundwater heading toward the homeowners' private wells.

The explosive, RDX, was found at 5.6 parts per billion in a monitoring
well at the Massachusetts Military Reservation boundary about 3,000 feet
southeast of the homes in the Port of Call subdivision.

The Environmental Protection Agency's safe water drinking standard for
RDX is 2 parts per billion.

The RDX, which contains a chemical used in rat poison, poses no
immediate threat to human health in its current location, said Hap
Gonser of the Army Groundwater Study Program. "We think it would be
preventative to go out and hook these people up."

The move comes after a year of state officials and citizens pressuring
the Army to connect a home at 5 Foretop Road to the municipal water
system or to provide bottled water to the residents after another
chemical - perchlorate - was found in their private well.

Meanwhile, traces of RDX and perchlorate have turned up in monitoring
and test wells at all corners of the base. The chemical is believed to
be emanating from the former artillery training impact area on the
northern portion of the base after decades of military training and
contractor work.

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for the entire story, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/highrdx29.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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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