[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: RDX "Water pollution resurfaces at Fort Jackson" (SC)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Water pollution resurfaces at Fort Jackson

By SAMMY FRETWELL
The State (SC)
June 19, 2014


COLUMBIA, SC - The U.S. Army is working to protect private drinking  
water supplies near Fort Jackson after finding elevated levels of a  
seizure-causing chemical in wells that serve five homes near the  
expansive military site.

Fort Jackson released the results of well water tests this week,  
showing that royal demolition explosive, or RDX, had been detected in  
higher amounts than the military base found during well water tests  
earlier this year.

The area of concern is along the fort’s southern boundary, east of  
Weston Lake and south of Leesburg Road. Two other chemicals also were  
detected in recent test results.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.thestate.com/2014/06/19/3518878/water-pollution-resurfaces- 
at.html?sp=/99/132/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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