2006 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 8 Aug 2006 01:18:56 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Los Alamos (NM) chromium
 
State probes contamination of lab well

By ANDY LENDERMAN
Santa Fe New Mexican
August 7, 2006

The New Mexico Environment Department is aggressively investigating chromium contamination in a monitoring well near Los Alamos National Laboratory, Secretary Ron Curry said in a recent interview.

Chromium, which can cause cancer when ingested, was located at four times the drinking-water standard of 100 parts per billion in one monitoring well in Mortandad Canyon. The nuclear-weapons lab announced the discovery last December but said it had not polluted drinking water in the area.

Curry said his department will complete an inquiry within the next six months before taking action. The department has the authority to fine the lab and enforce a historic consent order, or legal agreement, that calls for a massive environmental cleanup at the lab.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.freenewmexican.com/news/47513.html

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