[CPEO-MEF] World War II ordnance, Northern Marianas

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

DPH, DPL monitor health effects of vintage ordnance

By Marconi Calindas
Saipan Tribune (Northern Marianas)
April 20, 2007

The Department of Public Health and Department of Public Lands are 
joining hands to monitor the health impact of unexploded World War II 
ordnance or UXOs scattered around the island.

Public Health Secretary Joseph Kevin P. Villagomez announced yesterday 
the new partnership with DPL, which aims to conduct a health monitoring 
study relating to injuries and health impacts from UXOs left behind from 
World War II in the CNMI.

...

A Brownfields grant is currently funding the project through the U.S. 
Environmental Protection Agency. The local government agency credits 
Commander Susan Muza of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease 
Registry for providing technical assistance and advice on behalf of the 
U.S. EPA Region 9 office.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.saipantribune.com/newsstory.aspx?newsID=67648&cat=1

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Lenny Siegel
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