Report to slam Halliburton on water woes

[Judi Lynn]

April 6, 2006, 9:20PM
Report to slam Halliburton on water woes

By DAVID IVANOVICH
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON - Halliburton Co. exposed troops in Iraq to contaminated water even after a former company worker publicly accused the Houston-based contractor of failing to chlorinate water supplies, Senate Democrats alleged Thurs- day.

Back in January, a one-time water purification specialist for Halliburton subsidiary KBR told a Democratic panel he tested water used for showers, shaving and washing clothes at Camp Junction City in Ramadi last March and found it had not been treated with chlorine.

Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., chairman of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee, said he will release a report today from an Army doctor confirming that water contamination problems continued even after the issue was raised on Capitol Hill.

Halliburton allowed troops to bathe in water pumped from the Tigris River that tested positive for E. coli and coliform bacteria, Dorgan said.
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http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/business/3777329.html

[Theduckno2]

1. Your post reminded me of "Catch-22".

The opening sequence where Yossarian realizes his parachute is missing, I just hope Halliburton made a good deal with that chlorine.

[annabanana]

2. another damning report

relegated to the pile of crimes that will not be prosecuted until we clean out the House & Senate.

[saigon68]

3. E. coli and coliform bacteria WORK GOOD AS A LAXATIVE

When you eat a lot of CHEESE you get "bound up"

These agents work to "break the log-jam"

[MiniMe]

4. Time to give them another bonus for doing such a good job n/t