[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL, WATER: Bromate in Sigonella (U.S.) Naval Air Station (Italy) drinking water

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Navy: Contaminant found in drinking water at parts of Sigonella

By NANCY MONTGOMERY
Stars and Stripes Europe
May 29, 2012

HEIDELBERG, Germany - A chemical contaminant and suspected carcinogen  
has been found in unacceptable levels in the drinking water at some  
parts of Naval Air Station Sigonella, the Navy said, and people there  
should not drink from the tap.

Water contaminated with bromate was found at three sites, officials  
said: NAS 1, NAS II and Niscemi. Those areas encompass schools, a  
hospital, commissary, barracks and a hotel.

No elevated bromate levels have been identified in water at  
Sigonella's main housing site, Marinai, which has a separate water  
treatment system, said Naples-based spokesman Lt. Timothy Hawkins in  
an email. He said that the source for the affected areas of NAS  
Sigonella was ground water.
...

For the entire article, see
http://www.stripes.com/news/navy-contaminant-found-in-drinking-water- 
at-parts-of-sigonella-1.178910

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Lenny Siegel
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