| From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:57:26 -0700 (PDT) |
| Reply: | cpeo-military |
| Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] VOCs: "Military families talk toxic contamination with EPA" at Moffett Field, CA |
Military families talk toxic contamination with EPA by Daniel DeBolt Mountain View Voice (CA) April 18, 2013Military families living on and around a toxic groundwater plume at Moffett Field aired their concerns Monday about toxic vapors entering their homes and brown water that continues to run out of their faucets. The residents, many of whom are Army personnel stationed at Moffett (some wore Army fatigues), attended a public meeting Monday and asked EPA officials why there was no requirement that they be notified of the toxic trichloroethylene (TCE) groundwater plume that runs under a part of the 181-unit housing complex. "If this has been going on for 20 years, how come nobody told me about this when I moved in?" asked one resident after EPA officials said the plume at Moffett has been monitored for decades. ... For the entire article, see http://mv-voice.com/news/show_story.php?id=6855 -- 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 _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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