[CPEO-MEF] Contamination at Iraqi base

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Widespread water issues alleged
Specialist says source at base untreated

By DAVID IVANOVICH
Houston Chronicle
January 24, 2006

WASHINGTON - A former Halliburton Co. worker who alleges the 
Houston-based contractor failed to chlorinate water supplies at a 
military base in Iraq said water quality may have been a more widespread 
problem.

Ben Carter, a one-time water purification specialist for Halliburton 
subsidiary KBR, told Senate Democrats Monday he tested water used for 
showers, shaving and washing clothes at Camp Junction City in Ramadi 
last March and found it had not been treated with chlorine.

"No trained water treatment specialist could claim that that the water 
was fit for human use," Carter said.

Carter said he added chlorine to the water but was warned by a 
supervisor he had no business notifying the military about his health 
concerns.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/3607633.html

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Lenny Siegel
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