[CPEO-MEF] Camp Edwards (MA) wells negative for tungsten

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State's tungsten testing promising

By AMANDA LEHMERT
Cape Cod Times (MA)
February 25, 2006

CAMP EDWARDS - The Cape's largest source of drinking water may have
dodged a bullet, according to preliminary testing by state regulators.

Department of Environmental Protection tests have found no tungsten in
six wells at Camp Edwards, including two Upper Cape water supply wells.
Gov. Mitt Romney called for the tests last week after the Army found 15
parts per billion of tungsten in groundwater under the base, which is
the Upper Cape's primary source of drinking water.

Tungsten contamination at Camp Edwards is the result of a switch to
tungsten-nylon bullets from lead rounds in 1999.

The use of lead bullets at the base was banned due to fears that lead,
which is toxic for humans, could leach into the aquifer underneath the
military facility. When they were introduced seven years ago, the
tungsten bullets were not expected to leach into the aquifer.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/statexstungsten25.htm 

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Lenny Siegel
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