[CPEO-MEF] Lead in Camp Pendleton (CA) water

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Lead levels in water trigger base investigation


By DARRIN MORTENSON
North County Times (CA)
September 19, 2005

CAMP PENDLETON ---- Alarmed at samples of drinking water that show 
potentially dangerous levels of lead in six separate residential 
neighborhoods on the base, Camp Pendleton officials on Monday announced 
an aggressive investigation and testing campaign to find the source of 
contamination.

The samples, taken during a routine test of 60 base homes in August, 
showed levels that far exceeded the federal Environmental Protection 
Agency's "action levels" in 11 homes ---- seven of them occupied by 
military families, officials said.

Since the contaminated drinking water was not isolated to one 
neighborhood but spread across a wide area fed by the base's southern 
water system, and because the last time that water system was checked 
for lead was three years ago, base officials said they could not rule 
out a long-standing and widespread health threat.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2005/09/20/news/top_stories/91905193052.txt
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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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