[CPEO-MEF] Ft. Lewis (WA) indoor air testing

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army agrees to test for toxic gas at Lewis

The Associated Press
Army Times
April 12, 2007

FORT LEWIS, Wash. - In a quick turnabout following a published report, 
the Army has had a change of heart and now plans to test the air in 
homes at Fort Lewis.

The Army wants to see if soldiers and their families living in the 
Madigan housing area are being exposed to toxic vapors. The vapors are 
from contaminated underground water.

Wednesday's decision came one day after the Seattle Post-Intelligencer 
reported that the Army had known for years about the possible health 
risk and had neither conducted testing of the air in the homes nor 
alerted the occupants about the contamination beneath. Army 
environmental specialists insisted there was no danger.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/04/ap_lewis_toxic_070412/

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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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