[CPEO-MEF] "Tainted" bases

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

[This article, as well as the study upon which it is based, enormously 
undercounts the problem of GROUNDWATER contamination at U.S. military 
bases. Literally hundreds of current and former bases have TCE, PCE, and 
other volatile organic groundwater contamination.

What amazes me is that no one has compiled a list of bases where 
contaminated drinking water and/or vapor intrusion has impacted military 
personnel and/or their families. - LS]



Lawmakers: 13 Air Force bases had tainted water

By Kimberly Johnson
Air Force Times
June 15, 2007

Congressional lawmakers who examined extensive drinking water 
contamination from the 1960s through the 1980s at Camp Lejeune, N.C., 
now say the problem extends, in varying degrees, to 22 other bases — 
more than half of them current or former Air Force installations.

In 1980, military officials at Lejeune discovered the presence of 
trichloroethylene, a volatile organic compound used by the military and 
civilian businesses, such as dry cleaners, said Rep. Bart Stupak, 
D-Mich., chairman of the House Energy and Commerce oversight and 
investigations subcommittee. As a result, 10 wells at the base were 
eventually shut down by 1987 after their TCE contamination was found to 
be a staggering 1,400 parts per billion, well above the government 
maximum level of 5 ppb.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2007/06/airforce_badwater_070615/

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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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