[CPEO-MEF] DRINKING WATER, MUNITIONS: RDX at Fort Jackson (SC)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Wells safe from Fort Jackson pollution, tests show

By SAMMY FRETWELL
The State (SC)
February 6, 2014

COLUMBIA, SC - A toxic compound that is polluting groundwater at Fort  
Jackson has not made drinking water unsafe for people who live near  
the military complex, according to test results released this week by  
the state health department.

Of 46 tests taken in private wells south of the fort, all but three  
samples were clean and free of the explosive compound RDX, results  
show. And of the three samples with contamination, all were within  
government standards, the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental  
Control reported.

In an email to The State newspaper, DHEC spokesman Mark Plowden said  
well tests also have not shown signs of pollution from 15 other  
compounds examined.

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For the entire article  see
http://www.thestate.com/2014/02/06/3247406/wells-safe-from-fort- 
jackson-pollution.html


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