[CPEO-MEF] fORMER DEFENSE SITES: Chlordane from Navy, Tiyan (GU)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Concerns Over Chemical Contamination At Temporary JFK Site Delay Start 
of JFK Classes Until Next Monday, August 17th

by Kevin Kerrigan
Pacific News Center (GU)
August 9, 2009


Guam - Guam Public School Superintendent Dr. Narissa Underwood told PNC 
News Sunday afternoon that she has delayed the opening of classes for 
the temporary JFK campus in Tiyan until next Monday, August 17th.

Underwood says that a report DOE received from Core-Tech last Thursday 
night indicates that there are high levels of a banned chemical called 
chlordane at the Tiyan site. The report was done by PCR Engineering for 
Core Tech. The report was one of the issues discussed at Friday night's 
emergency meeting of the Guam School Board.

The chemical was used by the Navy to kill termites and was injected into 
the soil years ago when Naval Air Station occupied the area. It was 
banned by the U.S. EPA in 1988 after studies showed that it caused nerve 
and liver damage. The levels found recently at the site exceed the 
allowable levels set by the U.S. EPA for residential areas.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.pacificnewscenter.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9854:concerns-over-chemical-contamination-at-temporary-jfk-site-delay-start-of-jfk-classes-until-next-monday&catid=34:guam&Itemid=141

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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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