[CPEO-MEF] Tungsten sampling at Camp Edwards (MA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Tungsten spread to be tested

By AMANDA LEHMERT
Cape Cod Times (MA)
May 1, 2006

CAMP EDWARDS - The Army Environmental Center will determine the extent 
of tungsten contamination caused by the so-called environmentally 
friendly bullet.

This week, military officials will meet with the regional Environmental 
Protection Agency and Massachusetts Department of Environmental 
Protection officials to hash out the details of the groundwater 
investigation.

Although there are no drinking water limits for tungsten, and tungsten 
toxicology research is still under way, a ban was ordered after the 
heavy metal used in ammunition at the base was found in the water table. 
It was found at a rate of 22 parts per billion in the aquifer under the 
base, the Upper Cape's sole source of drinking water.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/tungstenspread1.htm
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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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