[CPEO-MEF] COMMUNITIES: Students excluded from Spring Valley (DC) Advisory Board

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Student voice restricted in Spring Valley

Editorial
American University Eagle (DC)
September 20, 2012


When arsenic is involved, everyone deserves to have their say.

The Spring Valley Restoration Advisory Board recently announced that  
students cannot participate in board discussions on the basis that  
they are not permanent D.C. residents.  Usually, this would be passed  
off as an AU neighborhood complaint and soon be forgotten, but high  
levels of arsenic left from World War I-era testing have been found  
in the area surrounding AU. This is a health concern and students  
have the right to voice their opinion.

Many students live in the Spring Valley area.  Although they may only  
be there for two or three years (maybe more if they stay after  
graduation), they still are exposed to the residual chemical from the  
former defense site.  On the 5100 block of Tilden Street, arsenic at  
levels of 22.8 parts per million (ppm) were removed.  Arsenic levels  
above 20 ppm are not considered safe, according to the Environmental  
Protection Agency.


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For the entire editorial, see
http://www.theeagleonline.com/opinion/story/staff-editorial-student- 
voice-restricted-in-spring-valley/

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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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