[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: "Reports of possible unsafe lead exposure at Coronado [CA] Navy shooting range"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Reports of possible unsafe lead exposure at Coronado Navy shooting range

	
By Jennifer Kastner
KGTV News 10 (San Diego, CA)
August 2, 2019

CORONADO, Calif.  - A Navy shooting range in Coronado is at the center of a legal dispute over possible unsafe lead exposure. Team 10 investigative reporter Jennifer Kastner uncovered the history of reports of serious lead problems.

10News spent more than five weeks continuously calling and emailing the Navy, asking what happened. Ultimately, the Navy responded, in part, that it would not go into any detail.

Toxic lead exposure is a serious threat at shooting ranges. The gun smoke releases the metal into the air.

Across the United States, federal agents have done hundreds of inspections for lead violations.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.10news.com/news/team-10/reports-of-possible-unsafe-lead-exposure-at-coronado-navy-shooting-range

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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