[CPEO-MEF] FUDS: Watertown Arsenal (MA) GSA site dioxin

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Soil tests show dioxins at site of former Watertown Arsenal

By Sarah Thomas
Boston Globe (MA)
July 2, 2010

A consulting firm has released soil tests that show the extent of 
contamination on nearly 12 acres that were once part of the former 
Watertown Arsenal.

The results indicate the presence of cancer-causing dioxins and other 
soil contaminants, but have not yet been analyzed by the US Army Corps 
of Engineers, said project manager Ellen Iorio.

...


The so-called General Services Administration site, which was used for 
storing and sometimes burning spent uranium tailings for the munitions 
industry during World War II, is located on Arsenal Street and Greenough 
Boulevard and has been overgrown for years.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.boston.com/yourtown/news/watertown/2010/07/watertown_gsa_test_results_rel.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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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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