[CPEO-MEF] LITIGATION, PESTICIDES: Kelly Air Force Base (TX)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

DDT sampling around Kelly to continue after federal settlement

Greg Harman
San Antonio Current (TX)
August 23, 2010

Hundreds of San Antonio residents who sued the U.S. Air Force over toxic 
contamination impacting their homes will soon be sharing in $1,000 
slices of federal settlement gains. Yet, the mystery of elevated cancers 
and other health complaints around the former military base remains — as 
do toxics in the community.

A state fishing advisory has been expanded on the Lower Leon Creek, 
which winds past the base’s western boundary. And recent sampling found 
the infamous pesticide DDT in the water and sediment at levels expected 
to cause damage to aquatic life there.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.sacurrent.com/blog/queblog.asp?perm=70510:


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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
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