[CPEO-MEF] Dahlgren Navy base (VA) health assessment

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Dahlgren toxics: No threat

By RUSTY DENNEN
Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star (VA)
November 2, 2006


People living and working on the Dahlgren Navy base are exposed to 
contaminants related to decades of weapons testing and development.

The good news, according to a final report issued this week by the 
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry in Atlanta, is that 
toxic materials are below harmful levels.

The Free Lance-Star reported on the agency's draft report in June; the 
final report had no major changes.

Items reviewed were the base's classified activities, river safety 
concerns for recreation boaters, drinking water protection, dietary 
exposure, hunter safety on former firing ranges, explosive hazards from 
methane in landfills and lead exposure.

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For the entire article, see
http://fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2006/112006/11022006/233799

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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
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