[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL: U.S. Navy testing in Naples, Italy

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Navy nears goal for Naples pollution tests


By Sandra Jontz
Stars and Stripes European edition
May 22, 2008

NAPLES, Italy - Knowing is half the battle for Taeko Yoshino.

She uses bottled water at home to drink, cook and brew her coffee. But 
given a chance, she’ll open her house to have the tap water tested for 
possible pollutants.

"Just to know it’s safe," said Yoshino, who lives in an apartment in the 
Monteruscello suburb of Naples.

Yoshino is among those who responded to a Navy questionnaire seeking 
sites to begin an environmental testing program. The Navy initiated the 
testing because of concerns over uncollected trash, air pollution caused 
by burning trash, and possible soil contamination caused by illegal dumping.

Navy officials have mailed out 1,800 questionnaires to Naples-based 
residents who live off base - hoping that from the sampling, they will 
get enough responses to then test 130 homes that meet geographic and 
other testing criteria, said Lt. Cmdr. Wendy Snyder, a spokeswoman for 
Navy Region Europe.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=62325&archive=true

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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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