From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Thu, 25 Jan 2018 20:14:29 -0800 (PST) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES: Donaldson Air Force Base, SC |
Former Donaldson Air Force Base remains polluted with toxic garbage, report says By Andrew Moore Greenville Journal (SC) January 15, 2018 A new report from ProPublica, an independent nonprofit newsroom based in New York, shows that the former Donaldson Air Force Base in Greenville is one of six military bases statewide that pose a serious threat to the environment and human health. … Birdwell said the contamination at Donaldson stems from “small dump sites” used during World War II. “We didn’t have environmental science back then, so we just threw these materials into the ground and covered them with dirt.” The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has detected trace amounts of hazardous, toxic, and radioactive materials in the groundwater, soil, surface water, and sediment near the contaminated sites at Donaldson, according to ProPublica. That includes chromium, mercury, cadmium, and trichloroethylene, a carcinogenic cleaning agent that may affect the nervous system, liver, respiratory system, kidneys, blood, and more. … For the entire article, see https://greenvillejournal.com/2018/01/15/former-donaldson-air-force-base-remains-polluted-toxic-garbage-report-says/ -- 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 _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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