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Air, Water at U.S. Base in Saudi Arabia Polluted
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DAILY PRESS (Newport News, Va.)
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Cancer-causing chemicals have been found at
Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, where for a decade American
airmen have been sent to help patrol the southern no-fly zone over
Iraq.
Air Force researchers found nine confirmed or suspected
carcinogens in air and water samples taken at the sprawling U.S. base
70 miles southeast of Riyadh. Five more contaminants considered
potential cancer-causers also were detected, according t...
