[CPEO-MEF] VOCs: El Toro Marine Corps Air Station cleanup

[Lenny Siegel]

Officials defend cleanup of toxic plume from old El Toro base

Despite repeated assurances that TCE plume doesn't pose a risk to 
residents, some skeptics have taken to e-mail and the internet to 
question the cleanup.

By SEAN EMERY
THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
January 2, 2009

IRVINE - Years of work and millions of dollars have gone into the 
cleanup of a toxic plume released from the old El Toro airbase, with 
local leaders continually assuring residents that the contamination is 
too far down and too low a concentration to pose a health risk.

But despite assurances from the city, water district and Navy, a vocal 
group of skeptics has taken to the Internet and e-mail to argue that the 
solvent-laced water poses a real risk to nearby, as well as future, 
residents.

While officials say concerns about the cleanup is nothing new, the 
increased drive by the skeptics, including some former Marines and El 
Toro airport proponents, to question the project and accuse project 
leaders of covering up the truth has forced city and water district 
leaders to publicly respond.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/water-tce-cleanup-2272719-toro-airport


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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 at cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org