[CPEO-MEF] REUSE, WATER: "Horsham, Warminster [PA] hit by water contamination"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Horsham, Warminster hit by water contamination

By Gary Weckselblatt
Bucks County Courier Times
August 21, 2014

Communities in Horsham and Warminster, each with a former Navy base  
that became a Superfund site, are dealing with new water  
contamination problems from compounds previously used on the  
government properties.

The compounds, perfluorooctane sulfonate and perfluorooctanoic acid,  
are "extremely persistent in the environment and resistant to typical  
environmental degradation processes," according to the Environmental  
Protection Agency.

"The toxicity, mobility and bioaccumulation potential of PFOS and  
PFOA pose potential adverse effects for the environment and human  
health."


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For the entire article, see
http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/news/local/horsham-warminster- 
hit-by-water-contamination/article_fe638a8d-3b6a-5daf-a6e5- 
db64822b0c8d.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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