[CPEO-MEF] CLOSURE - Presidio of San Francisco (CA) lake

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Lake needs cleanup, warnings, supe says

Joshua Sabatini
San Francisco Examiner
February 26, 2008

SAN FRANCISCO - The reportedly slow response to cleaning up one of San 
Francisco's last remaining natural lakes in the idyllic Presidio is 
drawing criticism by a supervisor who now wants signs installed alerting 
passers-by to the dangers.

A 2000 study by students on pollen levels in the area led to the 
discovery of "high concentrations of lead" and pesticides in Mountain 
Lake, according to Doug Kern, who sits on the Presidio Restoration 
Advisory Board.

A hearing on the lake's toxicity before the Board of Supervisors Land 
Use Committee was called by Supervisor Michela Alioto-Pier to pressure 
state and federal officials to resolve clean it up, she said.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.examiner.com/a-1242244~Lake_needs_cleanup__warnings__supe_says.html

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