[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL. HEALTH: Navy Naples (Italy) health study

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy hosts open house to discuss Naples health study

By Lisa M. Novak and Sandra Jontz
Stars and Stripes European edition
May 7, 2009

NAPLES, Italy — Navy officials hosted the first of two open houses 
Wednesday, providing information on findings from the Naples Public 
Health Evaluation to the handful of attendees who trickled in.

The 2,700-page report of the 10-month initial phase details information 
on chemicals and bacteria found in more than one-third of the off-base 
homes tested, with traces of the dry-cleaning solvent tetrachloroethene, 
fecal and total coliforms, and nitrates responsible for the majority of 
the associated risks, experts said.

The study, which started in January 2008, looks at potential health 
risks posed by decades of illegal trash-burning, dumping of toxic waste, 
garbage collection strikes and numerous reports of rising cancer rates 
and respiratory problems.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=62537

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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
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