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Welcome to South Weymouth Naval Air Station!
This interactive educational module invites you to participate in an environmental health assessment based loosely on the evaluation and remediation of contaminants at the South Weymouth Naval Air Station (SWNAS) in Weymouth, MA. SWNAS was a real base that was in operation from 1941-1992. Like many such facilities, the base had contaminants that posed a problem for subsequent redevelopment of the land for civilian use.
SWNAS provided a realistic focus for this educational module, and much of the information used for the module is authentic, including the historical information, maps, photography and redevelopment plan for the site. However, the investigations described here are based only loosely on the actual investigation and remediation of SWNAS. Moreover, the characters are fictional and are not intended to depict real persons. We have also focused on selected contaminants and fabricated data around these in order to achieve specific learning objectives. Consequently, the scenarios depicted in this educational module should not be construed as authentic. Finally, at this writing SWNAS is still undergoing extensive evaluation and remediation in preparation for redevelopment, and it was not our intention to comment on this process.
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