[CPEO-MEF] Southern Cal military toxicity tour

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

The Dirt on Our Dirt
Roll up, roll up for the military toxicity tour

By MICHAEL COLLINS
LA City Beat
August 3, 2006

outhern California is seasonally inundated with tour buses plying the 
streets of Hollywood and the homes of entertainment stars. But a new 
tour, begun this summer, takes the curious to places far hotter and more 
significant: the Military Tour of Southern California, sponsored by the 
L.A. chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR). It’s a 
chance for locals to get in touch with the amazing amount of military 
toxins in our environment, by boarding a bus to military-related sites 
that ooze that Outer Limits Cold War essence.

The Department of Defense is the world’s largest polluter, producing 
more toxic waste than the five biggest U.S. chemical companies combined. 
There are 27,000 contaminated hot spots on 8,500 military properties 
nationwide. One out of every 10 Americans lives within 10 miles of a 
military location that’s been listed as a U.S. EPA Superfund priority 
cleanup site. Southern California has 16 military-related Superfund 
sites, including the entire San Gabriel Valley and the eastern half of 
the San Fernando Valley. Superfund cleanups are happening at places such 
as the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) near Pasadena, El Toro Marine 
Base, and Camp Pendleton, as well as numerous military bases in the 
inland deserts.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.lacitybeat.com/article.php?id=4144&IssueNum=165

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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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