[CPEO-MEF] "Jet fuel vapors invade Virginia Beach [VA] neighborhoods"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

"My whole house reeks": Jet fuel vapors invade Virginia Beach neighborhoods

by Stacy Parker 
Virginian-Pilot
May 15, 2017

VIRGINIA BEACH

In an attempt to keep out the stench of jet fuel, Cristin Pullman’s family of three is sleeping in one bedroom at night. Family members have headaches and congestion.

“The house smells terrible,” Pullman said.

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Pullman and her neighbors want to know what effects they can expect from the 94,000 gallons of jet fuel that spilled at Oceana Naval Air Station last Wednesday. The spill spread to London Bridge Road, a ditch that runs parallel to it, and to Wolfsnare Creek, before it was discovered.

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For the entire article, see
http://pilotonline.com/news/local/environment/my-whole-house-reeks-jet-fuel-vapors-invade-virginia-beach/article_50482f9d-2976-5aed-b69b-264ad6c6821a.html

See also 
http://wtkr.com/2017/05/15/navy-to-hear-public-concerns-at-meeting-about-nas-oceana-fuel-spill/
and 
http://wavy.com/2017/05/13/officials-urge-caution-after-94000-gallon-jet-fuel-spill/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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