BOEING IS CITED AFTER CONTAMINATION FOUND.Byline: Kerry Cavanaugh Staff Writer The Boeing Co. was cited for violating its permits after dioxin dioxin Aromatic compound, any of a group of contaminants produced in making herbicides (e.g., Agent Orange), disinfectants, and other agents. Their basic chemical structure consists of two benzene rings connected by a pair of oxygen atoms; when substituents on the rings are and mercury contamination was found in storm water leaving the Santa Susana Santa Susana can refer to several places:
Boeing officials said they believe the contaminants are the result of ash blown onto the site during brush fires in 2003 and 2004 and not from dioxin-tainted soil found at the lab. Lab watchdogs are skeptical that wildfire ash is the source, but officials at the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Regional Water Quality Control Board reserved judgment. ``It's conceivable it could be due to fires. We have this data now and it's pretty clear there is a violation,'' said Blythe Ponek-Bacharowski of the water board. ``We'll further evaluate the data to see if this rises to the level of issuing a penalty to Boeing.'' The violations were detected during storms in October and December when runoff from the site flowed into Dayton Canyon Creek Canyon Creek can mean the following:
Levels of the toxins were below those allowed for drinking water drinking water supply of water available to animals for drinking supplied via nipples, in troughs, dams, ponds and larger natural water sources; an insufficient supply leads to dehydration; it can be the source of infection, e.g. leptospirosis, salmonellosis, or of poisoning, e.g. , but exceeded those designed to protect fish and other aquatic life. Boeing environmental managers said they conducted toxicity tests, which analyze whether the most sensitive species are being affected by contaminants, and found no violations. Field lab workers used to burn old fuel and debris, which left high concentrations of highly toxic highly toxic Occupational medicine adjective Referring to a chemical that 1. Has a median lethal dose–LD50 of ≤ 50 mg/kg when administered orally to 200-300 g albino rats 2. chemicals at the site. Brush fires can also create dioxins, and the Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. area was the site of large and small wildfires in 2003 and 2004, said Paul Costa, manager of the lab's environmental protection department. ``The best evidence we have is that the initial rain washed down the ash that had been incorporated in Santa Susana (Field Lab) and that's where the hits are coming from.'' Kerry Cavanaugh, (818) 713-3746 kerry.cavanaugh(at)dailynews.com |
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