[CPEO-MEF] VOCs: Odenton and Ft. Meade (MD)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Military officials continue to test water near Ft. Meade

By PAMELA WOOD
Annapolis Capital (MD)
November 18, 2009

Just one home in Odenton near Fort George G. Meade has high levels of 
contaminants in well water, according to test results released 
yesterday.Advertisement

Environmental officials from Fort Meade, a private contractor, the 
county and the state presented updated information about well 
contamination during two public meetings held in the afternoon and evening.

The military has been testing dozens of homeowners' wells this year in 
Odenton, just east of the edge of the installation, after monitoring 
wells in the area turned up high levels of possibly cancer-causing 
chemicals in the groundwater. The chemicals were first found last winter.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.hometownannapolis.com/news/env/2009/11/18-16/Military-officials-continue-to-test-water-near-Ft-Meade.html

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Lenny Siegel
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