[CPEO-MEF] Tungsten testing at MMR (MA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Public water supply wells on MMR range to be tested

By AMANDA LEHMERT
Cape Cod Times (MA)
February 18, 2006

SANDWICH - At the urging of the governor, samples were taken from two
drinking water wells on the Massachusetts Military Reservation yesterday
after traces of the metal tungsten were found in the groundwater under a
Camp Edwards firing range.

The samples from the wells - which supply water to Mashpee, Sandwich,
Bourne and Falmouth - were taken a day after Gov. Mitt Romney suspended
the use of the so-called environmentally friendly tungsten-nylon
ammunition. The action was spurred by the discovery that tungsten had
leached into groundwater in the aquifer under a small-arms firing range
on the base.

Wasting no time yesterday, state Department of Environmental Protection
officials took samples from the two Upper Cape Water Collaborative
supply wells on the northeastern portion of the base near Sandwich.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/publicwater18.htm 

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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
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