[CPEO-MEF] WATER: Ft. Detrick (MD) yellow water

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[Yellow-colored tap water would concern residents anywhere, so imagine 
the worries of people who live at the nation's historical center for 
bioweapons research. - LS]

Detrick residents upset about response to yellow water

By Justin M. Palk
News-Post Staff
April 30, 2009

	
FORT DETRICK -- Residents of the post's single-family houses are asking 
why their housing management company took nearly a day to issue a boil 
water advisory after getting complaints about yellow water.

Leslie Miller, who lives on West Huff Boulevard, and Natalie Roberts, a 
West Fagan Lane resident, said they noticed the discolored water Tuesday 
afternoon.

...

Miller said she thought the water was probably safe.

The problem was that no one was giving residents any information, she said.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=89624

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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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