[CPEO-MEF] Possible vapor intrusion at Fort Lewis (WA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army balks at toxic-gas test

Vapors from underground plume could pollute Fort Lewis housing, EPA warns


By ANDREW SCHNEIDER
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
April 10, 2007

Plumes of contaminated underground water could be releasing dangerous 
vapors into family homes at Fort Lewis. But despite years of urging from 
the Environmental Protection Agency, the military has not tested the 
housing for toxic gas, nor has it warned the hundreds of soldiers, 
spouses and children who have occupied the dwellings that they could be 
at risk.

For at least five years, military officials have known of the possible 
seepage of trichloroethylene vapors from groundwater near and under the 
homes in the fort's Madigan Army Medical Center housing area, according 
to interviews and government documents obtained by the Seattle P-I.

Trichloroethylene, known as TCE, can cause a number of adverse effects, 
such as kidney cancer and reproductive, developmental and neurological 
abnormalities.


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For the entire article, see
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/310937_ftlewis10.html

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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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