[CPEO-MEF] The Air Force and TCE

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

[Though I am quoted accurately in this article, I did also point out 
that TCE is found in the groundwater at many more than 12 present and 
former Air Force bases, and that the vapor intrusion pathway may 
continue to pose a health risk at some of them. - LS]

Air Force: Drinking water not contaminated

By Patrick Winn
Air Force Times
July 8, 2007

For decades, it was the Air Force's chemical cleaner of choice, 
colorless but identifiable by its sickly sweet smell.

Now lawmakers are looking for trichloroethylene - once carelessly dumped 
in landfills, leaky underground vats or right in the dirt - in the 
drinking water at 12 Air Force bases.

Air Force environmental leaders, while acknowledging widespread 
groundwater contamination, say the scrutiny will show its drinking water 
is not threatened by the toxin.

"Bottom line, there's no detectable [trichloroethylene] at any Air Force 
bases," said Kevin Billings, the service's deputy assistant secretary 
for environment, safety and occupational health.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.airforcetimes.com/news/2007/07/airforce_drinkingwater_070708/

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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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