[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL, HEALTH: Off-base water testing dropped in Naples (Italy)

[lsiegel at cpeo.org (Lenny Siegel)]

Off-base water testing dropped in Naples

By Lisa M. Novak
Stars and Stripes European edition
January 19,2009


NAPLES, Italy - The U.S. Navy announced it has dropped all water-testing 
requirements for renting off-base homes.

Officials say the risk of contamination is small enough not to require 
pre-leasing testing for either bacteria or volatile organic compounds.

"[W]e believe the possibility of discovering unacceptable VOC levels in 
tap water requiring additional families to relocate, while likely to 
happen, will be minimal in numbers," reads an all-hands e-mail released 
late last week.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=60110

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