[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH: Makua (HI) seafood studied

[Lenny Siegel]

Makua seafood pollution at issue

Earthjustice contends that Army skewed study of contamination

By William Cole
Honolulu Advertiser (HI)
January 15, 2009

A new Army environmental report examining the marine impact of 60 years 
of military training in Makua Valley found little difference in 
contaminants near Makua compared to "background" test sites at Nanakuli 
and Sandy Beach, the Army said.

David Henkin, an Earthjustice attorney representing plaintiffs in a 
lawsuit against the Army, said it's important that there be accurate 
information about the safety of seafood gathered near Makua.

"Unfortunately, the Army has used contaminated background sites so that 
the samples they gather at Makua look relatively safer," Henkin said 
yesterday.


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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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