2014 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2014 17:57:45 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES: Malibu (CA) school contamination
 
PEER Claims Malibu School Contamination May Stem From World War II Uses

by Brenton Garen
Santa Monica Mirror (CA)
February 25, 2014

Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) on Tuesday said military operations may explain the contaminated soils found on campus during a 2011 environmental assessment and soil removal project at Malibu Middle and High Schools and Juan Cabrillo Elementary School.

PEER said the U.S. Army conducted training on land occupied or adjacent to the current school sites during World War II.

PEER said that contamination had neither been explained nor further investigated.

In a letter today to the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District (SMMUSD), PEER again stressed the need to conduct a site assessment covering the entire three-school campus to determine the extent and the source of toxic chemicals.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.smmirror.com/articles/News/PEER-Claims-Malibu-School- Contamination-May-Stem-From-World-War-II-Uses/39610


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