[CPEO-MEF] MUNITIONS, FUDS: Victorville Ranges (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Former bombing sites pose health and safety risks

BROOKE EDWARDS
Victorville Daily Press (CA)
April 7, 2008

Several abandoned bombing targets may pose a risk to health and safety.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently finished routine 
investigations at five World War II practice bombing ranges, located in 
unincorporated areas of San Bernardino County.


The final reports all state that there's no need for immediate clean-up. 
But with easy access to partially exploded debris and the potential for 
contamination to the air and groundwater, researchers have requested 
further investigation.


At Victorville Precision Bombing Range No. 8, the studies found fuzes 
and light explosives still on site.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.vvdailypress.com/news/bombing_5746___article.html/safety_health.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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