[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH, VOCs: Bannister Federal Complex (MO)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Agency dispute delayed review of contaminant tests at Bannister complex

By KAREN DILLON
The Kansas City Star
February 21, 2010

An investigation into possible environmental contamination at a day care 
center and another building at the Bannister Federal Complex was delayed 
almost two years because of quibbling over a few thousand dollars.

In 2008, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources was asked to 
review test results from a study at the two buildings. Workers and 
former workers recently have become more vocal about health concerns, 
specifically cancer.

But the DNR refused because the General Services Administration, which 
owns the buildings, would not pay the $3,000 to $7,000 cost of the 
review, according to documents and interviews.

It wasn't until last month that the DNR looked at the results after news 
accounts of workers' concerns. And when it did, the agency found flaws 
in the report and warned of possible risks to human health. The DNR 
asked for more testing, which is under way.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.kansascity.com/2010/02/21/1764508/agency-dispute-delayed-review.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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