[CPEO-MEF] RDX off base at MMR (MA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

RDX pollution shows up in monitoring wells in the Forestdale area

By GEORGE BRENNAN
Cape Cod Times (MA)
February 9, 2007

SANDWICH - The military has detected pollution in two monitoring wells 
drilled last month on Windsong Road.

Last night the selectmen approved a request to drill up to five more 
wells on six roads in the surrounding Forestdale neighborhood after 
Royal Demolition Explosive, known as RDX, was detected in the new wells.

They are the first wells drilled off the base to test positive for RDX, 
a probable human carcinogen, according to the Environmental Protection 
Agency.

"The levels they detected were less than expected," Town Administrator 
George "Bud" Dunham said, "so based on their experience out there and 
modeling they think they are on the edge of a plume."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/rdxpollution9.htm

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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
http://www.cpeo.org

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