[CPEO-MEF] VOCs: "Army intends to install contamination prevention tech in planned homes by Area B, " Ft. Derrick, MD

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army intends to install contamination prevention tech in planned homes by Area B
	
By Gabrielle Lewis 
Frederick News-Post (MD)
December 18, 2024

The U.S. Army plans to install protective technology in homes to be built next to Fort Detrick’s Area B after determining there are significant potential health risks due to groundwater contamination under the development.

The Army is proposing a “non-time-critical removal action” — a response taken when contamination at Superfund sites poses an immediate threat to human health or the environment — to prevent any vapor intrusion of harmful chemicals in the planned homes.

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Area B was previously used as a test site for the Army’s biological warfare program in the mid-20th century. After the program was ended in 1969, scientists disposed of hazardous waste in unlined trenches and pits in Area B, resulting in groundwater contamination.

Next to Area B is a planned residential development, which will be a mix of townhouses and condominiums built by the company Rocky Gorge Development.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.fredericknewspost.com/news/economy_and_business/real_estate_and_development/army-intends-to-install-contamination-prevention-tech-in-planned-homes-by-area-b/article_12d99ac9-c1f0-5a77-9bf7-45b5100c3eeb.html

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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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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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