[CPEO-MEF] VOCs: "No plans for Carroll Creek warning signs, " Ft. Detrick, MD

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

No plans for Carroll Creek warning signs

News comes after chemicals were found in surface water

By Courtney Mabeus

Frederick News-Post (MD)

July 21, 2012

Fort Detrick has no plans to post signs along Carroll Creek warning of potential contamination after news this week that chemicals were found in surface water and in the creek's tributaries, the Army post's chief environmental officer said Friday.

Arcadis, an Army contractor hired to handle remediation efforts at Area B, tested groundwater from more than 100 wells made in and around the 399-acre tract this past spring. It also tested surface water and took samples from seeps and springs along 13,000 feet of Carroll Creek and its tributaries.

A leaking dump site under a small tract on Area B has long been suspected as the source of high levels of TCE and PCE -- chemicals used in cleaning supplies -- found in groundwater. Several residents have blamed the contamination as having caused cancers and other health problems.

Robert Craig, chief environmental officer at Fort Detrick, said in an email through a spokesman that the post will discuss the idea of posting signs with Dr. Barbara Brookmyer, Frederick County health officer, but "there are no plans to put any up at this time."

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For the entire article, see

http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=138447

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Lenny Siegel

Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight

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