[CPEO-MEF] GLOBAL, FORMER SITES: "Not enough consultation on cleanup of former U.S. military sites in Labrador [Canada], says NunatuKavut"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Not enough consultation on cleanup of former U.S. military sites in Labrador, says NunatuKavut
N.L. government says it's committed to remediation to ensure sites meet environmental standards 

By Heidi Atter 
CBC News (Canada)
March 9, 2022 

The NunatuKavut community council and a local resident are concerned about the consultation and time frame of the cleanup of contaminated land from former American military sites on islands along the coast. 

The United States established military bases in Newfoundland and Labrador starting in 1941 as part of a campaign to prepare to defend the Western Hemisphere during the Second World War. Along Labrador's coast, there were a number of satellite sites created that housed U.S. soldiers. 

After the military closed the sites, contaminants were left behind, including asbestos, petroleum hydrocarbons​ — fossil fuels such as bitumen, crude oil and coal — and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons: chemicals from burning coal, oil, gas, garbage and tobacco.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/ncc-spotted-island-1.6377374

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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