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Show DAILY HERALD A10 Sunday. October 11, 2009 Pollution an enduring legacy at old nuclear missile sites Mead Gruver Kites in the rural United States this past week, residents in some of these communities are still grappling with another As CHEYENNE, Wyo. Air Force officials marked acy groundwater pollution the 50lh anniversary of t he tin- - from chemicals used to clean ployment of nuclear missiles to and maintain the weapons. The US. Army Corps of Engineers Is identifying and cleaning up dozens of former nuclear missile sites in nine states. To date, the corps has spent $110 million at 44 former At the Alloc lAirofMcj leg-U- las and Titan Intercontinental seven In Colorado and two in ballistic missile or ICBM Oklahoma. California, New sites and 19 former Nike Mexico, New York and Texas missile sites from have one contaminated site the early Cold War. The missile each. sites include 14 in Kansas, 10 in Total cleanup costs are proNebraska, seven in Wyoming, jected to cost $400 million, ac- anti-aircra- cording to corps spokeswoman Candice Walters. The problem is a chemical culled trichloroethylene, or TCE. which was used to keep missiles clean and ready to rumble on short notice, Long before environmentalism went mainstream, the men who maintained the missiles didn't think twice about dumping used TCE into the silos' blast pits. Exposure to high concentrations of the chemical could cause nervous system problems, Ever and lung damage, abnormal heartbeat, coma and death, according to the Department of Health and Human Services' Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. TCE also may cause cancer, other government agencies say. TCE may have polluted many more missile sites than the corps is aware. 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Ray's most recent posting on his Twitter account said he was "shocked and saddened" by the tragedy. "My deep heartfelt condolences to family and friends of those who lost their lives," he wrote. "I am spending the weekend in prayer and meditation for all involved in this difficult time; and I ask you to join me in doing the same." Ray's company, James Ray International, is based in Carlsbad, Calif. His publicist, Howard Bragman, declined Friday to speak about the deaths, and didn't return a Saturday call from The Associated Press. Ray rented the Angel Valley Retreat Center just outside scenic Sedona to hold a five-da"Spiritual Warrior" retreat that promised to "absolutely change your life." Ray has held similar retreats at the resort in the past. Participants, whose ages ranged from 30 to the 60s, paid between $9,000 and $10,000 to attend this year's event. $1001 wfl mr I'fJOof wt w&am InnW m tut. 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