[CPEO-MEF] MERCURY: Davis-Monthan AFB (AZ) clinic

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

D-M clinic gets OK after recent testing for mercury spill

By Carol Ann Alaimo
ARIZONA DAILY STAR
September 26, 2w008

A busy medical clinic at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base has been given a 
clean bill of health after the Environmental Protection Agency found the 
building free of mercury contamination.

Nearly 50 air-quality readings recently taken throughout the building 
with a highly sensitive gauge showed the clinic is "an absolutely safe 
environment," said Staff Sgt. Jacob Richmond, a base spokesman.

However, the EPA did find low levels of mercury vapor in the entrance to 
a crawl space under the clinic that was the site of a recent mercury spill.

As a precaution, Richmond said, that area will undergo a "thorough 
decontamination" to prevent the potential spread of any mercury still 
lingering after the initial cleanup.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.azstarnet.com/metro/259417

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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
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