[CPEO-MEF] Arsenic from former Ft. Worth Army Depot (TX)?

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

A dirty subject
City says park is safe; a new report suggests otherwise

By SCOTT STREATER
FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM (TX)
February 9, 2006

FORT WORTH -- A new report by a University of Texas at Arlington 
professor raises concerns that people using Greenbriar Park in south 
Fort Worth are being exposed to harmful levels of toxic arsenic.

The eight-page report by Jeff Howard, a professor of urban and public 
affairs, concludes that arsenic levels in the soil in the most heavily 
used areas of the park -- the playground, pavilion, community center and 
near an artificial lake where residents fish -- are "well above the 
level of concern" for health established by the federal Environmental 
Protection Agency.

"Unless the city can unequivocally demonstrate that arsenic 
concentrations two to four times higher than the EPA level of concern 
are of no consequence for public health," the park should be avoided by 
the general public, "especially children," according to Howard's report. 
It also recommends that the city slow ongoing efforts to upgrade the 
park until more soil samples are taken "to provide a clearer picture of 
the extent of arsenic contamination."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/news/13828488.htm

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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