[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: Little Rock Air Force Base (AR) former skeet range

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

15 acres of land made 'ecologically safer' at Little Rock AFB

By Staff Sgt. Jacob Barreiro

19th Airlift Wing Public Affairs, US Air Force
October 17, 2011



LITTLE ROCK AIR FORCE BASE, Ark. - Nearly 15 acres of the base,  
previously used as a skeet range in the 1960s, is an ecologically  
safer place today because of a restoration project that excavated 36  
million pounds of contaminated soil, or enough to fill 450 semi- 
trucks, and replaced it with more than 3,000 trees and recycled soil  
and mulch.



There was cause for concern when a site-wide investigation of Little  
Rock Air Force Base, Ark., revealed that the soil in the former base  
skeet range had high levels of lead contamination. People are  
susceptible to lead contamination through air, water, soil and retail  
products. Prolonged exposure to lead can lead to toxicity in the  
heart, nerves, kidneys and reproductive systems, which can lead to  
physical ailments such as headaches, nausea and seizures or even death.



The base's environmental restoration office was able to respond to  
the contamination hazard with a project that would not only remove  
the contaminated soil, but replenish the damaged earth with trees and  
provide a better environment for base wildlife and people on the base  
in the process.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.dvidshub.net/news/78613/15-acres-land-made-ecologically- 
safer-little-rock-afb

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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

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