[CPEO-MEF] Hill Air Force Base (UT) PCB investigation

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

HAFB probing soils for poisons
Dangerous PCBs have been found, but officials don't know the concentration

By Matthew D. LaPlante
The Salt Lake Tribune (UT)
February 21, 2007

A comprehensive analysis of soil in a residential area at Hill Air Force 
Base will begin today, following tests in December and January that 
revealed potentially dangerous levels of polychlorinated biphenyls.

The chemicals, also known as PCBs, were discovered in one area of the 
base at levels 50 times higher than what is considered safe by an 
environmental risk assessor hired by Hill. Health effects associated 
with PCB exposure include acne-like skin conditions in adults and 
neurobehavioral and immunological changes in children, according to the 
national Centers for Disease Control.

But at a meeting with Hill residents on Tuesday, base officials and 
toxicologists said they do not yet know at what level in the soil the 
high PCB concentration was discovered in the early tests. The new 
analysis should answer that question, they said, giving a better 
indication as to how dangerous and widespread the problem is.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sltrib.com/news/ci_5271106

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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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