[CPEO-MEF] VOCs: Ft. Gillem (GA) vapor study

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

The U.S. Army soon to inspect neighborhoods for harmful vapors

By Richard Elliot
WSB TV-2 News (Atlanta, GA)
May 7, 2014

CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga - The U.S. Army will soon send teams of inspectors into neighborhoods around Fort Gillem to see if potentially toxic vapors from contaminated ground water seeped into homes.

The Georgia Environmental Protection Division and the Army confirm the ground water under neighborhoods north and south of Gillem is contaminated by old buried landfills on the post in Clayton County.  The EPD said the landfills, which were buried there years ago, contain things like engine oil, cleaning solvents and rubber.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/news/local/us-army-soon-inspect-neighborhoods-harmful-vapors/nfrBS/

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Lenny Siegel
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