[CPEO-MEF] Rep. Harris (FL) promotes beryllium testing

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

POLLUTION IN TALLEVAST
Harris looks to expand testing

DONNA WRIGHT
Bradenton Herald (FL)
December 15, 2004

On the eve of the county's beryllium screening program, U.S. Rep. 
Katherine Harris announced four possible initiatives to expand blood 
tests to former Loral American Beryllium Co. workers living outside of 
Manatee County.

The Harris initiatives came at the same time Manatee County Commission 
voted to spend $60,000 to offer beryllium blood tests to 250 people 
through the Manatee County Health Department.

Harris plans to ask Sarasota County Commissioners to fund a beryllium 
testing program for workers similar to the one approved Tuesday by the 
Manatee County Commission.

She also plans to ask the Department of Energy to include former 
American Beryllium workers in their beryllium screening programs.

Harris, R-Sarasota, plans to ask Lockheed Martin, the aerospace giant, 
to be on her list of possible donors to cover testing costs.

Lockheed Martin Corp., which at one time owned the plant where 
groundwater contamination was discovered, has assumed responsibility for 
cleanup of the waste.

…

For the entire article, see
http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/10418514.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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