[CPEO-MEF] "Radford Army Ammunition Plant [VA] announces drone air quality test results"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Radford Army Ammunition Plant announces drone air quality test results
Perchlorate was not detected during the drone testing

By Rob Manch, Rachel Lucas, and Jeff Williamson -
WSLS TV-10 News (Southwest Virginia)
August 18, 2017

RADFORD, Va. - The Radford Army Ammunition Plant released the preliminary results from drone air quality testing that was taken over open burn sites at the plant in October 2016.

The U.S. Army funded the $300,000 project through a partnership with NASA and Dayton University Research Institute that lasted 10 days. The drone was flown into 84 combustion plumes.

The open burning process of remnant munition has been surrounded by public controversy for years. Health and environmental concerns from the public over the open burning of hazardous wastes prompted the Radford Army Ammunition Plant to launch the testing it said at the time would exchange public fears for facts.

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For the entire story, see
https://www.wsls.com/news/virginia/new-river-valley/radford-army-ammunition-plant-announces-drone-air-quality-test-results

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