[CPEO-MEF] FUDS: Lake Ontario Ordnance Works (NY) - "No public health risk"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

LEWISTON: Army Corps: No public health risk at LOOW site

No progress made on LOOW restoration advisory board

By Mark Scheer
Niagara Gazette (NY)
September 17, 2009

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers offered an update Wednesday on their 
ongoing investigation into contamination at the former Lake Ontario 
Ordnance Works and Niagara Falls Storage Site.

During a meeting at the Town of Lewiston senior citizens center, 
representatives from the Army Corps and its engineering team unveiled 
the findings of a recent analysis they said shows some areas of the 
property where there are potential chemical risks to humans and the 
environment, but none so severe as to be a threat to public health in 
the surrounding community.

"There's nothing that would require an immediate action to address a 
potential health risk," said Michelle Rhodes, acting project manager for 
the Niagara Falls Storage Site.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.niagara-gazette.com/communities/local_story_260001324.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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