[CPEO-MEF] Natick Labs (MA) soil and groundwater

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Natick Labs to remove toxic soil

By Jon Brodkin
MetroWest Daily News (MA)
October 28, 2006

NATICK -- The U.S. Army Soldier Systems Center will soon excavate as 
much as 800 tons of contaminated soil and, in a separate project, block 
an ongoing discharge of polluted groundwater into Lake Cochituate, 
according to an environmental scientist at the Army base.

The latter project targets two plumes of contaminated groundwater 
discharging into the lake with chemicals that may cause cancer and liver 
problems.

Once the chemicals reach the lake, they are apparently diluted to levels 
that cannot be detected, said Environmental Scientist Jim Connolly of 
the Natick Army Labs, a federal Superfund site.

"If we can't detect it where we're discharging, it's not posing a threat 
to anyone. However, it's not right that we continue to discharge it," 
Connolly said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=143954

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Lenny Siegel
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