From: | Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Thu, 22 Jun 2023 10:14:13 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] VOCs, FORMER SITES: "Tunnel below old Tarheel Army Missile Plant [NC] contains toxic contamination" |
Tunnel below old Tarheel Army Missile Plant contains toxic contamination Federal contractors believe unrelated sources also contributing to east Burlington pollution BY LISA SORG NC Newsline JUNE 19, 2023 A Cold War-era tunnel below the former Tarheel Army Missile Plant in east Burlington is a newly discovered source of toxic chemicals at the facility, according to a recent report by federal contractors. And based on sampling of a neighborhood stream, there could be other unrelated contamination sources near the plant that further burden the predominantly nonwhite and low-income neighborhood. Tunnel water, soil and groundwater at the TAMP contain high levels of chemicals associated with chlorinated solvents, which were commonly used at the facility. These include TCE, PCE, benzene and vinyl chloride, all of which have been linked to cancer. The 22-acre facility containing more a dozen dilapidated buildings and surrounded by a chain-link fence, closed in 1992. It has been vacant ever since. … For the entire article, see https://ncnewsline.com/2023/06/19/tunnel-below-old-tarheel-army-missile-plant-contains-toxic-contamination/ — 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 Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918 http://www.cpeo.org Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org) _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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