[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL: Cape Christian, Nunavut, Canada

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Toxins to be removed from former Arctic military site

CBC News (Canada)
July 23, 2009

Various toxic contaminants will be cleaned up from an abandoned American 
military site north of Clyde River, Nunavut, as part of a multi-year 
cleanup project by the Canadian government and local Inuit.

The U.S. Coast Guard ran Cape Christian as a long-range navigational 
aide site from 1954 until 1974. The site supported ships and aircraft 
operating out of Thule, Greenland.

Thirty-five years after Cape Christian closed, the Canadian government 
is spending $5.1 million this year to start cleaning up debris and 
contaminants - including asbestos and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) - 
from the site.

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For the entire story, see
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2009/07/23/cape-christian-cleanup.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
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