Re: [CPEO-MEF] VOCs: Hadnot Point, Camp Lejeune (NC)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

I've just received a note from one of the Camp Lejeune vets about my 
introductory comment (below):

"Not true, this is previously undisclosed source we had no idea existed 
until last year."

I stand corrected.

LS


Lenny Siegel wrote:
> [This isn't a surprise. Jerry Ensminger has been talking about this 
> source for years. - LS]
>
>
> Documents: Tanks leaked fuel near Camp Lejeune well
>
> By BARBARA BARRETT
> McClatchy Newspapers
> June 24, 2010
>
> Federal scientists studying the history of water contamination at Camp 
> Lejeune, N.C., have learned of another source of leaking fuel - this one 
> less than a football field away from a drinking well that once served 
> thousands of Marines and their families.
>
> The well was closed in December 1984 after benzene was found in the water.
>
> The source of contamination that scientists now are exploring was once 
> an on-base refueling station within an area of the Marine base known as 
> Hadnot Point. The refueling facility, Building 1115, contained seven 
> underground storage tanks that ranged in size from 1,000 to 5,000 gallons.
>
> The extent of the contamination on the Marine base - and its sources - 
> are important to federal scientists at the Agency for Toxic Substances 
> and Disease Registry, an arm of the Centers for Disease Control and 
> Prevention in Atlanta, who are trying to understand the health effects 
> of the contaminants in the base's water.
>
> ...
>
> For the entire article, see
> http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/06/24/1699330/documents-tanks-leaked-fuel-near.html 


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