2007 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: 27 Sep 2007 22:22:28 -0000
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Kelly Air Force Base (TX) health issues
 
Roddy Stinson: Kelly-sleuthing trail leads to low-weight, heart-damaged babies

A column by Roddy Stinson
San Antonio Express-News (TX)
September 26, 2007

On the Sleuthing Trail ...

CASE: During a five-year period (1997-2002), I investigated and published several dozen columns about hazardous contaminants at Kelly Air Force Base.

The investigation and its findings continue to generate interest because of the contaminants' potential impact on the health of former Kelly workers and residents of neighborhoods near the base.

Recent columns responding to requests for information from former Kelly employees suffering from kidney cancer and non-Hodgkins lymphoma prompted a local mother to ask if my investigation uncovered any info about how the contamination might be related to "children with disabilities."

The reason for her interest in the subject, she said, was a daughter "who was born with multiple anomalies."

...

For the entire column, see
http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA092707.01B.rstinson.34312bc.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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