From: | Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:19:39 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] REUSE: "Toxic dirt at new mountain bike park, " former Orlando Naval Training Center (FL) |
Toxic dirt at new mountain bike park causing concern By Dave D'Marko Central Florida News 13 September 20, 2011ORLANDO -- The City Beautiful is refusing to open a new mountain bike park right now because city inspectors discovered the park has toxic dirt inside. They spent weeks carving out trails in the woods of Area C, the long abandoned former site of the Orlando Naval Training Center. ...To make way for the park, the City of Orlando demolished a 1950s era Naval building. But when they tested the soil below, inspectors said they found potentially harmful pesticides used to kill termites. ... For the entire article, seehttp://www.cfnews13.com/article/news/2011/september/315018/Toxic-dirt- causing-concern-in-Orange-County -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545 Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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