Are there ANY streets/ areas in Spring Valley that are safe (from chemical weapons)...???
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Anonymous
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Ugh the neighborhood is so beautiful - is the entire thing really toxic? Including map for reference, but it looks like much of the disposal areas are isolated to a few specific streets (see map link below). Does this mean that it may be safe on the other streets in the neighborhood (ex: streets closer to Mass)?
http://www.nationaltlcservice.us/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/areas_for_further_evaluation_fan.jpg |
Anonymous
| You know the answer, OP. Is there really anything anyone can say here to make you feel safe putting your children in that neighborhood? |
Anonymous
| I have several friends there who have had their soil extensively tested and believe it is safe. |
Anonymous
| I don’t live there. However, I would guess that with all the testing and remediation efforts, that this area is as safe as anywhere else in the DMV. Who knows what could be lurking in other neighborhoods? At least in Spring Valley they know. That’s my take. |
Anonymous
| Why risk it? |
Anonymous
| I know someone who tested the soil at the edge of the boundary. Arsenic was elevated but maybe within upper limit. The shock were the seriously toxic heavy metals that condemn entire sites like Thallium, Berrylium, and toxics like the PFOAS. The routine testing seems to be (deliberately?) too limited. They moved quietly. |
Anonymous
No way. It's just how much do you care. Politically it's the greatest concentration of GOP in DC. They care a bit less about the environment. |
Anonymous
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Good blog
https://wmdindc.blogspot.com/ Congressional testimony: https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/20090610Slowinski.pdf They deployed FERNS, so that's safe then: https://dcist.com/story/11/12/12/health-concerns-linger-in-spring-va/ |
Anonymous
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See page 3 -- really good article:
https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1390&context=sdlp |
Anonymous
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This one took the whole 660 acres of my list:
http://www.cpeo.org/pubs/SpringValleydiseases.pdf Gorgeous yes. But I could not get this out of my mind. |
Anonymous
| There are also a bunch of streets in AU Park; also MD. Also, wherever tehy dumped the soil like Fort Totten |
Anonymous
Nope. |
Anonymous
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What?!
It's in the Congressional record. What are you are real estate agent for SV? Be real. Everyone can be the judge for themselves. But oh no for me. Why? |
Anonymous
Wait ... AU Park is also not safe? |
Anonymous
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In January 2001, former Spring Valley residents
Thomas and Kathi Loughlin, outraged over the long-term handling of the contamination, began an ongoing series of legal complaints. Prior to and during the Loughlins’ ownership of their home, construction and excavation teams unearthed laboratory equipment containing chemicals, projectiles containing mustard gas, and other hazardous items from land near their property, and studies revealed high levels of arsenic.131 During their residence in the home, Ms. Loughlin was diagnosed with a brain tumor, and the family’s live-in nanny was diagnosed with actinic keratosis, which may indicate arsenic exposure and increased risk of cancer.132 The Loughlins filed an unsuccessful administrative claim with the Army in 2001, requesting over $2 million in damages.133 One year later, the Loughlins filed a claim in United States District Court against the Army, AU, and the developers of their former homesite. The Loughlins charged negligence, failure to warn, deceit and misrepresentation, outrageous conduct, and fraud, for selling a private home to them on an extremely toxic chemical and munitions dump.134 |