[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: "Ewa Beach [Oahu, HI] Residents Left In The Dark About Possible Lead Contamination From Marines’ Shooting Range"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Ewa Beach Residents Left In The Dark About Possible Lead Contamination From Marines’ Shooting Range
A state lawmaker is refusing to share a taxpayer-funded lab report while endorsing a Marine-backed plan community leaders oppose. 

By Christina Jedra  
Honolulu Civil Beat (HI) 
January 10, 2024

Alex Gaos was eager to see the test results. 

The Ewa Beach Neighborhood Board member and marine biologist had caught fish and collected dust samples to send to a lab, all part of an effort to answer a key question: Is there lead contamination around the Marine Corps’ Puuloa Range Training Facility? 

The shooting range, in operation for more than a century, is home to a pistol and rifle practice center that the Marines say is essential for training thousands of troops. But unlike most shooting ranges throughout the country, it sits in the middle of a residential area. 

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For the entire article, see
https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/01/ewa-beach-residents-left-in-the-dark-about-possible-lead-contamination-from-marines-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
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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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