[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS - Delaware trooper firing range

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Cop range gets the lead out
Trooper shooting site has 'green' reopening

By TERRI SANGINITI
Wilmington News Journal (DE)
March 4, 2008

Four years after being closed by lead contamination that was showing up 
in the blood of state troopers, the Delaware State Police firing range 
north of Smyrna was reopened Monday.

But even with $2.9 million spent to eliminate problems with air handling 
systems, there won't be any lead flying around in the building.

The range has gone "green."

Troopers and police officers from throughout the state who use the 
facility will be firing reduced-hazard ammunition, made with non-toxic 
ingredients that won't emit lead fumes. Troopers engage in qualifying 
proficiency shoots three times a year.

The range was closed in March 2004 because of high levels of lead, 
copper, zinc and arsenic in the air. Blood tests from several officers 
using the facility and working there showed elevated levels of lead.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080304/NEWS08/803040359/1006/NEWS

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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