Re: [CPEO-MEF] REUSE, WATER: "Water contamination shuts down well at [former] Pease [Air Force Base, NH]"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Health Effects of Water Contaminant Worry Pease Tradeport's Neighbors  
And Tenants

By Emily Corwin

New Hampshire Public Radio
May 28, 2014

There were more questions than answers Wednesday night at a public  
information meeting at the Pease Tradeport. There, Officials from the  
Department of Environmental Services, the City of Portsmouth, and the  
U.S. Air Force tried to address concerns about a contaminant  
identified in drinking water on Pease.

Perfllurooctane sulfonic acid, a PFC, is found in Teflon, food  
wrappers, carpeting - and the firefighting foam once used on the  
Pease Airforce Base.  It's an unregulated contaminant that the EPA  
started paying attention to a few years ago after reports came out  
showing lab animals given high doses developed cancer.  Now,  
Newington residents near Pease worry PFCs could leach into their own  
well water. Meanwhile, people who work on Pease and whose children go  
to daycare there have concerns the contaminant could stay in their  
systems for years.

...

For the entire story, see
http://nhpr.org/post/health-effects-water-contaminant-worry-pease- 
tradeports-neighbors-and-tenants

On May 23, 2014, at 1:14 PM, Lenny Siegel wrote:

> Water contamination shuts down well at Pease
> Very little known about human health effects, state official says
>
> By Jeff McMenemy
> Portsmouth Herald (NH)
> May 22, 2014
>
> PORTSMOUTH - City officials shut down a well that serves Pease  
> International Tradeport after tests found a contaminant in the  
> water, according to state, city and Pease Development Authority  
> officials.
>
> PDA Executive Director David Mullen said the well was shut down in  
> "an abundance of caution" after a test found perfluorooctane  
> sulfonic acid (PFOS) in the well. PFOS is one of a class of  
> chemicals known as PFCs or perfluorochemicals, according to a press  
> release from the state.
> "Because the level of PFOS exceeds the 'provisional health  
> advisory' set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the well  
> was immediately shut down by the city of Portsmouth," the release  
> states. "The water in the other two wells servicing Pease also  
> contained PFCs but not above the provisional health advisory level."
>
>
> ...
>
> For the entire article, see
> http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20140522-NEWS-140529897
>
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>
> Lenny Siegel
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Lenny Siegel
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a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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