You would have to assume that the primary goal of the government or the military (UCASE is doing the clean up) is clean, safe and healthy environment for all the citizens and workers. I’ll let that sit. Google military base housing, google any recent contamination site. I’ll wait.

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Anonymous wrote:There are also a bunch of streets in AU Park; also MD. Also, wherever tehy dumped the soil like Fort Totten

Wait ... AU Park is also not safe?

Here's the offical map. Spillover possible.

https://www.nab.usace.army.mil/Portals/63/docs/SpringValley/Appx%20A_ALL%20FIGURES.pdf

Wait are American University and the Department of Homeland Security in that map? They are potentially contaminated? It’s not just houses?

It looks like DHS is just outside the red outline on the map, but I find that curious.

The contamination, if any, at AU or DHS would be from spent shells which is far less serious. Things were set up so that they shot everything to the west across the valley towards the reservoir. It was also down in that area where they tied up the goats (etc) next to the chemicals and the shells. Finally, west of AU is where they dumped and buried the excess chemicals. They did not shoot to the east because there were a few horse farms and other occupied areas that way.

So working at one of those places (AU or DHS) isn’t the risk people are most concerned about? I knew about Spring Valley but hadn’t thought about the large employers right in that area.l would think they would have more of a stake in the outcome of the studies than individual property owners, no matter how wealthy those individuals might be.

This whole topic is so weird to me. I know several wealthy intelligent people who live in Spring Valley so I have to assume they did their research and it’s safe.

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Anonymous wrote:Who can’t afford Spring Valley?! It’s cheaper than any other nice part of NW. It’s because you have toxic waste in your yard.

Are you joking? You obviously don't know what you are talking about

Oh yeah? How much would your house cost in Cleveland Park? You’re lucky most people are ignorant or don’t care. This kind of obstinate protection of property values is exactly why some homeowners won’t let the UCASE even investigate their property. Caveat emptor.

Looked it up. About minus 1/2 mil and up for the same sqft and type of house. Not to mention months on market even in the last few years.

We looked at a georgeous, bucolic house at Spring Valley which allegedly had so few “anomalies” that they didn’t need addressing. I will never forget the smell of that basement and soil. It wasn’t musty. Walked away heartbroken, bought in another great NW neighborhood. It sold at a small discount.

Later we were told by several agents they would never buy there and heard of families finding all sorts of toxins other than arsenic in the soil. Then we learned about the story of Geza Teleki and a few others, just tragic. Why that could not all be known upfront is confounding.

You really have to want to know to inform yourself. I think it would be best if all the information was more readily available upfront, then you have plenty of people who care and plenty who don’t. Each to their own.

Anonymous wrote:If you can afford it, buy on Lowell Street in Kent instead. All the beauty of SV, no mustard gas.

Check the flight path. Lowell is very expensive and the planes are getting worse.

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Anonymous wrote:Who can’t afford Spring Valley?! It’s cheaper than any other nice part of NW. It’s because you have toxic waste in your yard.

Are you joking? You obviously don't know what you are talking about

Oh yeah? How much would your house cost in Cleveland Park? You’re lucky most people are ignorant or don’t care. This kind of obstinate protection of property values is exactly why some homeowners won’t let the UCASE even investigate their property. Caveat emptor.

No. To explain why, the HHS has an article about how vapors and particles make it into the homes from the soil and groundwater. They also make if it on the wind, shoes, through stack effect, So, no, you can’t just close the door on the contaminants.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4692377/

I would be surprised if this area would be redeveloped today. But at the time when this was “discovered” again, developer had finished redeveloping and rebranding the Death Valley into the Spring Valley and people had been living there for 50 years.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4692377/

If you can afford it, buy on Lowell Street in Kent instead. All the beauty of SV, no mustard gas.

I haven’t made it through all of the info at the links upthread, but it looks like the route of exposure in Spring Valley is via soil disturbance (ie excavating in the yard for projects, even just landscaping in some cases?). Is that right? It’s contained in the soil until you start poking around?

Anonymous wrote:Who can’t afford Spring Valley?! It’s cheaper than any other nice part of NW. It’s because you have toxic waste in your yard.

Are you joking? You obviously don't know what you are talking about

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Anonymous wrote: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.

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.

Hardly. It's as liberal as it gets

Obviously it’s relative. But look it up; 2-3x for Trump than the neighboring ANCs.

Who can’t afford Spring Valley?! It’s cheaper than any other nice part of NW. It’s because you have toxic waste in your yard.

This is such an old, tired argument made by people who can't really afford the neighborhood and are trying to find some excuse not to buy there. Sure run to the palisades because SV has chemical weapons...oh wait, you can't afford that either?