Joseph Gortva, Fort Detrick Environmental Restoration Program manager, displays a vial containing #6 fuel oil at Wednesday’s Restoration Advisory Board meeting. The oil spilled from tanks at the old boiler plant at the Army post.
Joseph Gortva, Fort Detrick Environmental Restoration Program manager, displays a vial containing #6 fuel oil at Wednesday’s Restoration Advisory Board meeting. The oil spilled from tanks at the old boiler plant at the Army post.
Fort Detrick is investigating locations scattered through its main post for remnants of Agent Orange and radioactive waste in addition to ongoing toxin testing near Area B.
Joseph Gortva, manager of the Fort Detrick Environmental Restoration Program, presented the information to the Restoration Advisory Board on Wednesday evening as part of his division’s planned activities for fiscal 2016. The board serves as a forum to keep the community, government agencies and Fort Detrick officials informed of all cleanup activities on post.
Yeah --- and remember, not many years ago, the well-publicized contention that there were higher than usual cases of cancer in that general area. Everything was denied by the authorities at the time. Now, all this information comes out?
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Yeah --- and remember, not many years ago, the well-publicized contention that there were higher than usual cases of cancer in that general area. Everything was denied by the authorities at the time. Now, all this information comes out?
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