[CPEO-MEF] VOCs: Annniston Army Depot (AL) - day 1

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

When cleaning up isn't enough: Army trying to rid Anniston Army Depot of 
toxic TCE

By Jeremy Cox
Anniston Star
August 31, 2008

Three decades into a nightmare environmental cleanup at the Anniston 
Army Depot, Army officials are giving one last shot at figuring out how 
to defuse a potential toxic time bomb: a 27-million-pound plume of 
solvent waste, called trichloroethylene, leaking into the groundwater 
that feeds Coldwater Spring, Anniston's main source of drinking water.

The risk of someone getting sick in a TCE hot spot is similar to other 
diminutively dicey endeavors folks face every day, such as riding in an 
airplane. The threat to one person is microscopically small, and even 
when multiplied by millions of people over several decades, the risk is 
still small.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.annistonstar.com/showcase/2008/as-open-0831-0-8h30x3031.htm

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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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