*** IMPORTANT***

MEETING NOTICES/CALENDAR:

RAB MEETING Wednesday, January 11, 2012
It's your right to know ... When it comes to our health, there should be no secrets.

You can help keep Fort Detrick accountable by your attendance!
(Meetings are not broadcast on public television nor available online)

WHAT: Fort Detrick Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) meeting
WHEN: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 @ 6:30 p.m.
WHERE: Hampton Inn & Suites Triple Crown Hall, 1565 Opossumtown Pike...

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By Juliet Eilperin, Published: January 5

The amount of toxic chemicals released into the environment nationwide in 2010 increased 16 percent over the year before, reversing a downward trend in overall toxic releases since 2006, according to a report released Thursday by the Environmental Protection Agency.

The spike was driven largely by metal mining, but other sectors — including the chemical industry — also contributed to the rise in emissions, according to the new analysis from the...

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Mysterious Odor Prompts New Tests at Fort Detrick Landfill: MyFoxDC.com

Gazette.Net
Maryland Community News
Published: Monday, November 21, 2011

Preliminary testing has revealed that the release of a carcinogenic dry-cleaning chemical during well drilling at Fort Detrick last week was not enough to be hazardous, according to Detrick attorney Gary Zolyak.
Well drillers at Fort Detrick stopped work on Nov. 16 after detecting an odor that turned out to be tetracholoroethene, known as PCE, used commonly as a dry-cleaning solvent.
Water and air samples were sent to...

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Originally published November 20, 2011

Workers in Fort Detrick's Area B this week noticed an odor coming from a monitoring well they were installing, the military base's public affairs office said Saturday.

The drilling was being done Wednesday in an area contaminated with trichloroethylene and cerchloroethylene, chemicals commonly used in cleaning and degreasing, according to a news release from the office.

The chemicals were found to be leaking from a Detrick landfill at Area B in 1992...

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The Associated Press

1:44 p.m. EST, November 20, 2011
Fort Detrick officials say tests are being conducted after workers noticed an odor coming from a monitoring well being installed at a landfill.

Officials announced Saturday that workers were drilling in a section of the installation called Area B, which is contaminated with chemicals, as part of a groundwater contamination investigation when they noticed the odor Wednesday.

Officials say detection of such vapors isn't unusual during...

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FREDERICK, MD - It's an issue that has been talked about for years, is there a cancer cluster at Fort Detrick that has sickened people for decades?

On Monday, the Frederick County Health Department and the Maryland Department of Mental Hygiene released their findings.

The year long study focused on the rate of cancer in the area and the report analyzed information from the Maryland Cancer Registry.

It included information from 1992 to 2008 within two miles of "Area A" and "Area B" and...

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