[CPEO-MEF] PESTICIDES: Ft. Benning (GA) former chemical storage building

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers seeks proposals for cleanup of former  
chemical storage building

BY BEN WRIGHT
Columbus Ledger-Enquirer (GA)
March 14, 2012

More than 20 years after Fort Benning stopped using a building for  
mixing and storing dangerous pesticides, the U.S. Army Corps of  
Engineers is seeking proposals to clean up the site.

Built around 1945 and used until 1990 by the Entomology Division of  
the Directorate of Public Works, the building’s operations were  
shifted to another nearby facility and tests were conducted until the  
late 1990s to determine how to treat the area.

Studies show the area contained levels of chlordane and DDT or  
dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Both products were used by farmers  
and homeowners to control unwanted insects or pests. The U.S.  
Environmental Protection Agency banned the use of DDT in 1972 and all  
uses of chlordane in 1988. DDT is still used in some poorer countries  
that need an inexpensive and effective pesticide to kill insects that  
carry dangerous diseases.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/2012/03/14/1970788/fort-benning-army- 
seeks-proposals.html#0_undefined,0_

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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>
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