[CPEO-MEF] Lead paint on playground equipment at two U.S. bases in Germany

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Lead paint found on playground equipment at Grafenwöhr, Vilseck 

By Ben Murray
Stars and Stripes European edition
July 8, 2005

GRAFENWÖHR, Germany - Health and environmental officials in Grafenwöhr
and Vilseck have discovered that some playground equipment on each base
was coated with lead-based paint, officials announced Wednesday.

Published in a bulletin by the 100th Area Support Group deputy
commander, Curtis Clark, in the local base paper Training Times, the
notice announced that 10 pieces of playground equipment had been found
to contain the paint - seven in Grafenwöhr and three in Vilseck - and
the affected equipment was in the process of being removed.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=30234

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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