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Special Report: Lead paint on base housing at Ft. Benning and other posts is poisoning children.
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I am Beyond, Beyond sorry to hear this, CPT (Join to see). Our children are our very future. Sending my Love to you children around the World!
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Going to cost a lot of money to strip the paint off the houses, and redo the paint.
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PO1 John Johnson
Especially since it is now considered HazMat, and there are strict rules to adhere to by the "lead removal" contractors with regards to personnel safety, environmental safety, disposal, "lead-free certifications", etc. It's not a job you want your average Base Maintenance Personnel trying to accomplish.
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This story has left me seething. The problem was recognized years ago and should also have been properly surveyed, diagnosed, and corrected long ago.
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SSG Robert Webster
CW5 John M. It was surveyed - a long time ago. Actually it was done in the 1980s at the same time that the asbestos survey was done. And I can almost guarantee that some of those quarters have not had asbestos removal done either. Peel up some of the flooring in some of them and I bet that you will find asbestos tile.
Note that housing privatization was supposed to fix some of these problems, but obviously not. Some of us even stated back when privatization started that older military quarters were going to get the short shrift in that deal, and this proves that. Take a look at the rotting wood and peeling paint as shown in the report. Rotting wood and peeling paint is a basic maintenance issue, and the contractors have failed to fulfill their contracts.
Note that housing privatization was supposed to fix some of these problems, but obviously not. Some of us even stated back when privatization started that older military quarters were going to get the short shrift in that deal, and this proves that. Take a look at the rotting wood and peeling paint as shown in the report. Rotting wood and peeling paint is a basic maintenance issue, and the contractors have failed to fulfill their contracts.
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