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Show OctoCtr 11. 2001 Program complete -- j f shows traces y T y, F-- after the apples ripened. Meanwhile, Hill's environmental officials will analyze the processed, stored or bottled fruit from page I taken from the trees used in the original study. "Within the next few months, we will know if the verified the presence of TCE in the fruit Hill process of bottling fruit results in the TCE evappeople also had other fruit trees located outside orating away," said Hicken. Besides apples, other the groundwater plume sampled. Those areas types of fruit tested that showed TCE in some also showed no levels of TCE contamination in areas included: walnuts, peaches, pears apricots, nectarines, plums, and grapes. Officials Environmental Protection Agency and expect to find some traces of TCE in fruits in the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease areas where their root systems are exposed to Registry literature states that TCE does not accugroundwater that has TCE present. Hill will mulate in fruit release all study results as soon as they are avail"It's important to note that the levels of TCE able. detected are very low and are at the threshold Dalpias stressed the fact that although there of our ability to detect them," said Steve Hicken, aren't a lot of solid facts this early in the study one of Hill's environmental program managers. results and the accuracy of the numbers may be "Based on the current health risk assessment, questionable, but the presence of extremely our experts tell us the amount of TCE found in small amounts of TCE in the fruits is certain. the fruit does not create an immediate public "The fact remains that we will continue to be health threat" open, honest and forthright with the people in Hill's environmental officials credit researchers our community with regard to environmental at Utah State University who used a cutting-edg- e matters," said Dalpias. Hill began an active environmental cleanup technology breakthrough to make the unprecedented finding and greatly reducing the TCE program in the early 1980s. Prior to that time detection limit over the previous state of science. waste solvents from the base's industrial faciliEven with the extremely sensitive and sophisties were disposed of in unlined trenches and ticated technology developed by Utah State Uni- landfills. The practice was consistent with the versity, the levels ofTCE were still barely detectable. disposal practices of the day. Once in the ground "Had we chosen a commercial laboratory to the chemicals dissolved and moved off base in do the study the TCE would have likely gone the shallow groundwater. Contaminants are not undetected," Hicken said. in the drinking water. Hicken says a much larger study is planned Experts will answer questions at Info Fairs for next summer to obtain more accurate num- hosted by Hill AFB environmental personnel on bers and gain a better understanding into the Nov. 8 at Sunset Junior High School from process of how TCE is taken up into fruit One p.m. and Nov. 15 at Roy Junior High from of the things they will look at is if the TCE in the p.m. A free quarterly environmental newsletter fruit remains at the same level regardless of how is also available. For more information or to order a newsletter, long it remains on the tree. In the recent study by Utah State, some apples from trees showed call Ext of contamination Col. Mahmoud international logistics offlcw for th Egyptian Air Force, thanks, from left, Dave Gardiner, Wayne Shupe and Craig Stanger, Mature and Proven Aircraft Directorate, for Hill's engineering and logistics oversight of his countries 4 aircraft. The last two Egyptian 4 Phantom aircraft receiving programmed depot maintenance In this country left Cherry Point, N.CH for Egypt Aug. 11. With approval from the State Department, the Egyptian Air Force will pursue depot maintenance 4 for their aircraft ending DoD's depot maintenance program. F-- F-- 30-ye-ar traces of TCE when sampled in early August But apples from those same trees did not show any traces when sampled again in September Fruit 5--8 5--8 CqII the Thrift Shop at 825-102- for more information. 5 !2nX12" pmix IUaAAA t AA VIEW DYE PENTER Li I A I AAA $ "fl 00 OFF Sub Improving Your Vision One Step at a Time HHO OOQQ I I OmliOij ..i- n- " 1580 W. Antelope n..i ? r EIITRA 1 S Only Good With Ad 564 North Main I Clearfield 774-868- 9 n ii. .i mm 15 Any 12" 175, Layton i vtiww.utaheyedoc.com 'High Quality limited Stock., -- H.t;il-r W'tHm IIIIIMMMIIIIIImHIIHM111 a SATURDAY, IIII.IIIMII .Ill OFF I I FJfTEIA 1 5 OFF FJCTRA OCTOBER 12-1- 3 VALID FRIDAY & SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12-1- 3 H-- l 15 'J I"T iXW T w7i!i OFF ' M 1 VALID FRIDAY & SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12-1- 3 i 0 I off with vouei stomide bonus coupons Tii VALID FRIDAY Ilm .... FINANCE CHARGE. BUY NOW, NO PAYMENT 'TIL FEB. 2002 ON 5 100 PURCHASES ' |
