With regard to arsenic levels in Spring Valley, we did not say there were high levels of arsenic in all parts of the community. We reported that District of Columbia health officials were not satisfied with the Corps' first round of testing. In fact, recent tests have found elevated levels of arsenic at 9 of 42 properties surveyed in one section of Spring Valley.
More testing clearly is warranted.
We reported that there is evidence of more bomb pits and more disposal sites in Spring Valley and on the American University campus. The Corps is involved in the search for more sites along with the Environmental Protection Agency and DC health officials. Test borings of the Sedgewick Trench area are scheduled. There is no such statement in the article. We did state that arsenic is a major component of lewisite, a fact derived from scientific reports.