From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | 27 Apr 2007 15:11:56 -0000 |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] Massachusetts tungsten ammo debate |
DEP challenges findings on tungsten toxicity By AMANDA LEHMERT Cape Cod Times (MA) April 27, 2007Army researchers say exposure to low levels of tungsten has no negative impact on the health of rats. State environmental officials aren't so sure.The state Department of Environmental Protection has asked Army toxicologists to reconsider the conclusions of a recent toxicity study on the metal, which has been found in the Upper Cape's drinking water aquifer. The so-called environmentally friendly tungsten-nylon ammunition was fired at Camp Edwards until last year, when it was found beneath the base in the aquifer that serves as the Upper Cape's primary source of drinking water. ... For the entire article, see http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070427/NEWS/704270344 -- 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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