[CPEO-MEF] PFCs: "Pease [NH] well contaminant levels 10 times higher than EPA standards"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Pease well contaminant levels 10 times higher than EPA standards

By Jeff McMenemy
Seacoast Online (NH)
January 26. 2015

PORTSMOUTH - The state has not tested the Haven well at the Pease  
International Tradeport since it was shut down last year after they  
found high levels of a "contaminant of emerging concern," in the city- 
owned well.

But when the Air Force tested the well in April 2014, they found  
levels of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid that were 10 times higher  
than the Environmental Protection Agency’s Provisional Health  
Advisory (PHA), according to Scott E. Hilton, the project manager for  
the state Department of Environmental Services’ Pease Superfund site.

The EPA has stated that PFOS are organic chemicals that have been  
used in a variety of products, including fire-fighting foams. They  
are known to have adverse effects in laboratory animals.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20150126/NEWS/150129350

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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