[CPEO-MEF] NATIONAL GUARD, LEAD: "Lead-tainted Oregon armories remain open to public despite dangers"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Lead-tainted Oregon armories remain open to public despite dangers

by Rob Davis
Oregonian
May 30, 2015

The Oregon Military Department is allowing public events to be held in National Guard armories across the state despite tests showing unsafe levels of lead dust.

The agency has yet to halt public use of four contaminated armories, including the Kliever Armory in Northeast Portland. A bridge club is scheduled to use the building this weekend.

The agency just nine days ago received test results showing unhealthy concentrations of lead at armories in Bend, Ashland and Pendleton. Inspectors encountered a group playing basketball as they took samples at the Ashland armory earlier this month. They recorded lead contamination nearby that was 41 times higher than is considered safe.

Still, those armories remain open.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2015/05/lead-tainted_oregon_armories_r.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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