[CPEO-MEF] Massachusetts wants a tungsten study

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State wants more study on toxicity of tungsten

By AMANDA LEHMERT
Cape Cod Times (MA)
February 14, 2007


Department of Environmental Protection officials have asked the Army for 
more research on the potential toxicity of tungsten in humans.

The request comes after the recent release of an Army study on the 
toxicity of the metal, which was used in ammunition fired at Camp 
Edwards on the Upper Cape.

A million tungsten-nylon bullets were fired at the base since 1999 and, 
last year, tungsten was discovered in the aquifer flowing below the base.

Army researchers at the Center for Health Promotion and Preventative 
Medicine fed tungsten-tainted water to rats to simulate the way people 
might be exposed to the metal. Researchers found that the rats who were 
fed water laced with tungsten suffered kidney damage and weight loss.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/statewants14.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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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