From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Mon, 20 Feb 2017 00:14:02 -0800 (PST) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES: Morrison Field-Palm Beach International Airport (FL) |
State checks World War II sites at PBIA, Trump club for contamination By Eliot Kleinberg Palm Beach Post (FL) February 18, 2017 WEST PALM BEACH — When World War II ended, and the boys came home, the federal government turned most of its military sites to federal, local or private entities. But they also left in the ground gasoline and oil, lead and other chemicals, machinery, and even bullets and bombs. At the end of the 20th century, governments tested several of those sites, including an area in and around Palm Beach International Airport, which was Morrison Field during World War II and the Palm Beach Air Force Base during the Korean War. At the time, engineers and outside consultants said levels of contaminants weren’t dangerous and they didn’t expect to seek money for a cleanup. But last month, the state came back. ... For the entire article, see http://www.mypalmbeachpost.com/news/local-govt--politics/state-checks-world-war-sites-pbia-trump-club-for-contamination/1lMgWWYxxubjDghZLPKUmO/ -- 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 Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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