[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL, WATER: Lead in water fountains, Kadena Air Force Base, Okinawa, Japan

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Water fountains at Kadena Air Base disconnected after new testing  
reveals traces of lead

By Matthew M. Burke
Stars and Stripes
May 30, 2014


CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa - The Air Force has disconnected water fountains  
at a Defense Department school administration building on Kadena Air  
Base after determining the fountains were once again being used even  
though traces of lead had been detected in the water during an  
inspection more than 10 years ago.

The contamination was discovered in second-floor fountains in  
Building 9497 in April during Lead Assessment Program testing, which  
is designed to reduce the potential health risks of lead consumption  
at schools and child care centers, according to an Air Force statement.

The Department of Defense Education Activity uses the building to  
screen children for developmental issues.

Officials said the contamination was first discovered sometime after  
Building 9497 was opened in 2002.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.stripes.com/news/water-fountains-at-kadena-air-base- 
disconnected-after-new-testing-reveals-traces-of-lead-1.286175

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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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