[CPEO-MEF] VOCs: PCE found deep underground near Kirtland Air Force Base (NM)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Crews find chemicals in Albuquerque groundwater

Åssociated Press
October 20, 2012

Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/news/science/article/Crews-find- 
chemicals-in-Albuquerque- 
groundwater-3967009.php#ixzz29rL753IDALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) —  
Kirtland Air Force Base says crews working on an old Air Force fuel  
spill have found potentially cancer-causing chemicals beneath an  
Albuquerque neighborhood.

The New Mexico Environment Department said Friday that Air Force  
crews found the pollutant Perchloroethylene in water around 500 feet  
underground while installing test wells.

However, officials say they don't believe the recently discovered  
pollutant is connected to a decades-old Kirtland Air Force Base jet  
fuel spill threatening Albuquerque's water supply that could be as  
large as 24 million gallons.


Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/news/science/article/Crews-find- 
chemicals-in-Albuquerque-groundwater-3967009.php#ixzz29rL0Bkl0

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For the entire article, see
http://www.timesunion.com/news/science/article/Crews-find-chemicals- 
in-Albuquerque-groundwater-3967009.php

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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