[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: RDX at Ft. jackson, (SC)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Fort Jackson pollution questions still unresolved

By SAMMY FRETWELL
The State (SC)
November 22, 2013


COLUMBIA, SC - Neighbors of Fort Jackson fired questions at Army  
officials Thursday night about pollution near their homes, but they  
left a public meeting still not knowing if contamination from the  
fort is a threat to the water they drink.

While the fort doesn’t believe there’s anything to worry about, Army  
officials said they won’t know for sure until federal contractors  
test private wells for the presence of a toxic pollutant found near  
Leesburg Road at the fort’s southern edge. Test results aren’t  
expected until January.

...

So far, the Army says none of the RDX levels at Fort Jackson exceed a  
federal health safety standard. But not knowing if high levels have  
spread off site continues to concern people like Carol Roberts, who  
lives about two miles from Fort Jackson
...

For the entire article, see
http://www.thestate.com/2013/11/21/3114246/fort-jackson-pollution- 
questions.html

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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>
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