[CPEO-MEF] FUEL: Kirtland Air Force Base (NM) "spill study confirms wells safe for now"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Fuel spill study confirms wells safe for now

By John Fleck
Albuquerque Journal (NM)
July 13, 2013


An independent federal assessment released Friday confirmed state and  
local officials’ assertion that no contamination from an extensive  
Kirtland Air Force Base aviation fuel spill has reached the metro  
area’s drinking water supply.

The assessment, from a team based at the Centers for Disease Control  
and Prevention in Atlanta, also concluded that fuel vapors in and  
around the area of the spill, including the city of Albuquerque’s  
Bullhead Park and the nearby VA Regional Medical Center, are not  
likely to pose a threat to area workers or the public.

Mark Evans, the scientist who did the analysis for the CDC's Agency  
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, gave a telephone report on  
his findings Friday morning to the metro area's Water Protection  
Advisory Board. Evans will be in Albuquerque for a public meeting  
July 30 to explain his findings.…

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