[CPEO-MEF] PERCHLORATE, HEALTH: Halliburton sued for Duncan, OK pollution

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Halliburton sued over Cold War missile casing site

Reuters
November 5, 2011


Halliburton, which now specializes in oilfield services, said one of  
its units cleaned solid fuel from missile casings between 1965 and  
1991 at a semi-rural facility on the north side of Duncan, Oklahoma.  
It was closed in the mid-1990s.

A component of the fuel was ammonium perchlorate, a salt that is  
highly soluble in water. Halliburton said it had been discovered in  
the soil and groundwater on its site and in certain residential water  
wells near the property.

The company said it was determining the extent of that contamination  
and that it had arranged to supply residents with bottled water and,  
if needed, a temporary water supply system.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.cnbc.com/id/45171008

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Lenny Siegel
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