From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | 29 Mar 2007 05:57:47 -0000 |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] Sylvania nuclear products, Hicksville, NY |
Risks found at Sylvania nuclear site BY MARK HARRINGTON Long Island Newsday (NY) March 28, 2007Radiological and chemical contaminants at the former Sylvania nuclear products facility in Hicksville could pose health and environmental risks to those at or near the site, according to a study by the Army Corps of Engineers, which concluded further study is needed. The report, dated May 2005 but not released to the public until this week, appears to contradict prior assurances by state agencies and the site's current owner that the site posed no health risks "whatsoever." "Although data gaps limit assessment of exposures, a potential exists for exposure to current and future occupants of the site and persons off-site to site contaminants," the report said. "Completion of ground-water, soil and/or air exposure pathways could present a hazard to human health and the environment." ... For the entire article, see http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzsite0329,0,7582402.story?coll=ny-top-headlines -- 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 _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@list.cpeo.org http://www.cpeo.org/mailman/listinfo/military | |
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