If true, this story is completely outragious. If there is any chance at all (which there clearly is) that our soldiers and their families are being exposed to toxic vapors, then why wouldn't they test the air quality? With all the money being spent on other things, you would think protecting these families who are already sacrificing so much would be a priority.
Here's the article:
April 9, 2007
Plumes of contaminated underground water could be releasing dangerous vapors into family homes at Fort Lewis. But despite years of urging from the Environmental Protection Agency, the military has not tested the housing for toxic gas, nor has it warned the hundreds of soldiers, spouses and children who have occupied the dwellings that they could be at risk.
For at least five years, military officials have known of the possible seepage of trichloroethylene vapors from groundwater near and under the homes in the fort's Madigan Army Medical Center housing area, according to interviews and government documents obtained by the Seattle P-I. More . . .
Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste Material are issues families all across America are afflicted with daily.
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Ah, if only these families were members of a third-world country halfway around the globe, and the poison was a rival tribe threatening them, then the Army would be johnny-on-the-spot.
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