[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, FORMER SITES: No contamination found at Barstow (CA) sites

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Study at former MCLB sites finds no contamination

Karen Jonas
Desert Dispatch (CA)
September 26, 2011

BARSTOW - A recently completed soil sampling study that looked at the  
potential health impact of old ammunition at two old firing ranges  
near the current Barstow Marine Corps Logistics Base found that the  
sites shouldn't have significant health risks for people, animals, or  
plants.

The study completed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in May looked  
at two firing ranges used by Marines in the 1950s through the 1970s.  
The two ranges were used for small arms training, including rifle and  
pistols. The Army Corps of Engineers checked for potential harm from  
leftover explosives and heavy metal contamination from the old  
ammunition left at the sites.

The Army Corps of Engineers performs the studies to see if there is  
contamination and if old sites used by the military need to be  
cleaned up. In the case of the Barstow MCLB, the agency ruled that no  
significant contamination was found and further action was not needed.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.desertdispatch.com/news/former-11645-mclb-sites.html



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