[CPEO-MEF] Spring Valley (DC) health analysis

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Further Study of Chemicals Expected
Health Analysis In Spring Valley

By Susan Levine
Washington Post
October 12, 2006

The Johns Hopkins University professor heading a review of the health 
hazards linked to World War I-era munitions in Spring Valley says more 
assessment of the Northwest neighborhood likely will be needed to 
determine whether the materials affected residents' well-being.

Thomas A. Burke, one of the directors of the Johns Hopkins Risk Sciences 
and Public Policy Institute, briefed the restoration advisory board to 
the multimillion-dollar federal and local cleanup project Tuesday night. 
His team expects to complete the review in March but likely will 
recommend additional study.

Although the D.C. Council's original intent was a comprehensive study of 
residents' health, stemming from problems blamed on contamination on a 
former weapons-testing site there, the Hopkins team decided it had to 
embark first on a "scoping study" before drawing any conclusions. Burke 
likened much of the scoping work to "filling in the gaps," determining 
the extent of material used at the site, past and current exposure 
levels that would be a risk to human health, and the incidence and 
location of suspect diseases in the community.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/11/AR2006101100672.html

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org


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