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Spring Valley family wants to relocate after munitions found nearby

By Richard Reeve
March 11, 2013 - 06:01 pm
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There’s a new push to help relocate a Spring Valley family who lives across the street from what was once a munitions dump, and now D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton is joining the fight. 

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The Northwest home was demolished after tons of munitions dating back to WWI were discovered. It's been uninhabited for more than a decade after material like arsenic and mustard gas dating back to 1917 were found.

Richard Reeve reports.

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