Guam awaits
the results of a laboratory analysis done on soil samples collected in April
within Andersen Air Force Base, to see whether they have traces of Agent
Orange, a hazardous defoliant.
Members of
the group who call themselves the "Agent Orange Survivors of Guam"
are also awaiting the results, although they had said the soil sampling is a
farce because the Department of Defense was directly involved with the sampling
and testing.
Nic Rupley
Lee, public information officer for the Guam Environmental Protection Agency,
said as of Monday, the test result validation was still in process.
Two labs
performed analysis on samples
There are
two laboratories that performed analysis on the soil samples and are validating
the test results:
o
A laboratory tapped by AECOM, a private
contractor selected by Naval Facilities Engineering Command Marianas to assist in developing the work plan and
defining the quality assurance procedures,
then later performed the soil sampling.
o
A laboratory chosen by the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency.
Lee
acknowledged a previous Guam EPA statement that sample analysis and data
validation was expected to be complete in approximately 60 to 90 days from the
date soil samples were collected, from April 23 to 26. The 60-day period falls
this week.
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