[CPEO-MEF] VOCs: Ft. Detrick (MD) Area B groundwater study

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Detrick to expand its Area B contamination investigation


By Megan Eckstein
Frederick News Post (MD)
September 23, 2010


Fort Detrick will test surface and ground water for a wider swath of 
toxins and carcinogens, as well as expand its efforts to learn about 
possible past environmental contamination, to help quell a growing 
concern that the Army post could be linked to cancer cases in Frederick.
At the Area B Restoration Advisory Board meeting Wednesday night, Fort 
Detrick officials met with government regulators and community members 
to discuss their environmental research in the coming months. Most 
immediately, the Army will begin interviewing former employees and 
nearby residents to discuss things they've seen that could indicate 
environmental contamination. Fort Detrick is waiting for a contract to 
be pushed through, but a mechanism for signing up for an interview could 
be in place as early as next week, said Bob Craig, chief of Fort 
Detrick's Environmental Management Office. Fort Detrick hopes to wrap up 
the interview process by December.

Fort Detrick also said it would soon know the results of its archival 
records search to determine how and when it used the herbicide Agent 
Orange, a known carcinogen. Craig said they should know by October the 
extent of its work with 2,4,5-T, a component of Agent Orange, and the 
full archival search should be completed by February.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=110286

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