[CPEO-MEF] VOCs: Annniston Army Depot (AL) - day 2

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army working to remove depot degreaser: TCE possibly twice as toxic as 
arsenic

By Jeremy Cox
Anniston Star (AL)
September 1, 2008

The Army has been trying for three decades to solve a problem: 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.

Since 1978, the Army has spent millions of dollars to dig it up, pump it 
out of the groundwater and break it up with hydrogen peroxide injected 
underground. These efforts have removed tons of contaminated water and 
clay, most notably in areas of the Anniston Army Depot where for decades 
workers dumped the acid-like waste into unlined ponds and trenches.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.annistonstar.com/showcase/2008/as-open-0901-0-8i01a2831.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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