[CPEO-MEF] Vapor at former Schilling Air Force Base, Salina, Kansas

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Testing debate persists
City wants corps to test Salina homes for contamination

By DUANE SCHRAG
Salina Journal (KS)
May 10, 2006

An informational chart that was supposed to allay fears about vapors 
that may be accumulating in Salina homes as a result of the Schilling 
groundwater contamination is only raising new questions about the work 
being done by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Key facts in the chart are wrong, including the maximum contamination 
found at Schilling, which has been found to be almost 20 times worse 
than the chart indicates.

Nevertheless, corps officials say there is no need to test homes near 
Schilling for vapors. Such testing is requested by local officials.


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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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