Report Details Toxic Waste Produced at Naval Shipyard
The U.S. Navy gives new reasons for appreciating Southern California’s dry climate.
A notice from the Navy published in The Dispatch, a publication catering to Navy personnel, reports that pollutants in storm water runoff at the Long Beach Naval Shipyard can “deplete oxygen content†in the seawater, can be “lethal (toxic) to aquatic life, and/or destroy spawning grounds and other aquatic habitats.â€
“Storm runoff from the Long Beach Naval Shipyard typically carries suspended matter, petroleum, hydrocarbons and heavy metals found in drainage from roadways, parking lots, construction sites, piers and industrial areas,†the article said.
The Navy said the most “prevalent source†of pollutants is “from inadequate control of residues from abrasive blasting or paint spray, and other metal surface preparation operations such as chipping, grinding and sanding.â€
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