[CPEO-MEF] VOCs: EPA Issues order at Ft. Gillem (GA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA: Army must move faster on Fort Gillem contamination

By Shannon McCaffrey
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (GA)
September 24, 2014

It's been more than a month since the U.S. Army tested the air in  
Chad Partin's Forest Park home for toxic chemicals and known  
carcinogens seeping off nearby Fort Gillem, a now-closed base where  
Army personnel regularly dumped solvents into the soil.

Partin still hasn't been told the results. And he's fearful for his 4- 
year-old son.

"It's been really, really slow getting information," Partin, a 34- 
year-old diesel mechanic, said.

"It absolutely worries me, because even if the results come back  
negative, what about the air my son is breathing when he plays  
outside? What about the creek behind my house?"

...

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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
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