[CPEO-MEF] CLOSURE, MUNITIONS: Lacamas Creek, Camp Bonneville (WA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Toxins found in Lacamas Creek


by Wayne Havrelly
KGW TV-8 News (Portland, OR)
June 2, 2012


VANCOUVER - A Unit 8 investigation uncovered a brand new EPA study  
that indicates contamination from Camp Bonneville is migrating and  
has reached surface water in Lacamas Creek.

The contamination comes from 80 years of weapons training at the  
former military base. Hundreds of live explosives and weapons have  
been unearthed during the past few years.

With five children, the Vangelder family lives on Lacamas Creek, very  
close to where it flows from Camp Bonneville.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.kgw.com/news/local/New-Study-finds-significant- 
contamination-at-former-weapons-training-base-in-Clark- 
County-156517495.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
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