[CPEO-MEF] WATER: Arnold Engineering Development Center(TN) ethylene glycol

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

BREAKING: AEDC water contaminated; employees should bring drinking water

Shelbyville Times-Gazette (TN)
January 29, 2011

The commander of Arnold Engineering Development Center has directed 
employees not to use the potable water on base because of contaminants 
found Friday.

The workforce was alerted late Friday after ethylene glycol was found in 
one building's water supply, according to an AEDC news release on Saturday.

"Yesterday we sampled the water in the ELA area (where many of our 
smaller vacuum chambers are located) and after it was analyzed, we 
discovered low levels of ethylene glycol," AEDC Commander, Col. Michael 
Panarisi, said in the news release. "We then issued a no drinking/no 
contact order for the entire industrial area of base."

After the initial finding, base environmental and industrial hygiene 
experts initiated a standard contamination check procedure, and found 
lower levels of ethylene glycol at other locations on base.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.t-g.com/story/1699077.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
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