[CPEO-MEF] MMR (MA) RDX details

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Contamination found in Sandwich test well


By AMANDA LEHMERT
Cape Cod Times (MA)
February 10, 2007

SANDWICH - A small spike of contamination was found flowing in the water 
under a Forestdale neighborhood from the Massachusetts Military 
Reservation this week, military officials said.

The Army detected 13 parts per billion of Royal Demolition Explosive, or 
RDX, in a well drilled by the Army on Windsong Road.

The Army traces the plume of explosives back to former contractor ranges 
at the base. Before this most recent detection was discovered, the plume 
had only been detected within the base border as high as 290 parts per 
billion.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/contaminationfound10.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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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