[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS: "Lead Detections Near Puuloa Shooting Range [HI] Prompt Calls For Investigation"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Lead Detections Near Puuloa Shooting Range Prompt Calls For Investigation
Residents are asking the state health department to investigate lead contamination in the community neighboring the range. 

By Christina Jedra    
Honolulu Civil Beat (HI)
February 9, 2024
 
   
Fish and dust samples taken near the Marine Corps’ Puuloa Range Training Facility in Ewa Beach tested positive for lead last year, according to a lab report a Hawaii state lawmaker commissioned and then declined to release because she believes the results are inconclusive. 

The meaning of those results, which were obtained by community members, is a matter of debate, even among experts. Unanswered questions include how much of a threat, if any, the lead may pose to the community and where exactly it’s coming from. 

Some, including the lawmaker and state health department, have dismissed the findings as inconclusive while residents say they’re a starting point to launch a broader investigation.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.civilbeat.org/2024/02/lead-detections-near-puuloa-shooting-range-prompt-calls-for-investigation/

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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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