[CPEO-MEF] Los Alamos (NM) chromium

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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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Lenny Siegel
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