[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH: "Water not tainted by Radford Army Ammunition Plant [VA], study says"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Water not tainted by Radford Army Ammunition Plant, study says

By Jacob Demmitt
Roanoke Times (VA)
April 23, 2014

After a yearlong investigation, a federal agency reported on  
Wednesday that residents living around the Radford Army Ammunition  
Plant, ranked as the largest toxic emitter in Virginia, need not  
worry about finding chemicals in their drinking water.

The 103-page report was prepared in response to concerns by several  
environmental groups which have feared for years that the plant's  
hazardous waste - the leftovers of making ammunition that were dumped  
on the plant's sprawling grounds decades ago, before current  
environmental regulations took effect - may have found its way into  
the wells of nearby homes.

Studies over the years by the Environmental Protection Agency and the  
state Department of Environmental Quality have found little evidence  
of contaminated drinking water.

Wednesday's report by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease  
Registry, an arm of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,  
relied heavily on the same data used in previous investigations and  
again came to the same conclusion.

...

For the entire article and a link to the draft Health Consultation, see
http://www.roanoke.com/news/local/radford/water-not-tainted-by- 
radford-army-ammunition-plant-study-says/article_99032408-cb59-11e3- 
a6f9-001a4bcf6878.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
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