[CPEO-MEF] ATSDR assesses Pearl Harbor Naval Complex

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Pollution exposure not high at Pearl 


By Jan TenBruggencate
Honolulu Advertiser 
January 5, 2006

Pollution at Pearl Harbor does not pose a public health threat at
current levels of use, as long as residents don't eat fish or crabs
caught in the basin, according to the federal agency that evaluates
public health threats at Superfund contamination sites.

On Dec. 28, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry issued
its public health assessment for the Pearl Harbor Naval Complex. It
noted that public exposure to contaminated sites is comparatively low,
which in turn contributes to the lack of direct threats to public health.

"There are a number of areas that are contaminated," said Sue Neurath,
an environmental health scientist with the agency.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.honoluluadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060105/NEWS11/601050340/1001/NEWS

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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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