[CPEO-MEF] FUDS, VOCs: Lincoln (CA) missile site

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Old missile site targeted in new war on water contamination

By Cody Kitaura
Lincoln News Messenger (CA)
March 2, 2009

A former nuclear missile facility in Lincoln could soon be the site of a 
new battle. The target: toxic contaminants in the groundwater.

A proposal released Feb. 11 by the Army Corps of Engineers and the 
Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board outlines plans to 
clean up the groundwater by creating permeable reactive barriers – two 
deep trenches filled with ground-up iron and sand, creating underground 
filters which would neutralize the contaminants as the water flows 
through them.

The contaminant in the groundwater, trichloroethene, is known to cause 
cancer in lab animals, according to officials from the water board.

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For the entire article, see
http://lincolnnewsmessenger.com/detail/107398.html

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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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