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Navy Studies Radium-contaminated Drain Lines at Alameda Point

October 4, 2011

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Building 5.  W. Tower Ave. is on right.

Background Up until passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972, it was common practice to dispose of chemicals by dumping them down sewer and storm drain lines that drained into the nearest surface water.  Many people did this in their homes. At Alameda’s former Naval Air Station the worst legacy of this practice was […]

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