[CPEO-MEF] PFCs: "Blood tests for water contamination needed now, " Portsmouth, NH

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Blood tests for water contamination needed now

Editorial
Portsmouth Herald (NH)
February 26, 2015

It has been 10 months since Portsmouth shut down the Haven well at  
Pease International Tradeport after testing found levels of  
perfluorooctane sulfonic acid 10 times higher than the Environmental  
Protection Agency’s provisional health advisory.

PFOS, which the EPA classifies as a “contaminant of emerging  
concern,” because of its potential harm to humans, is one of a class  
of chemicals known as PFCs, or perfluorochemicals.

It seems unclear exactly how harmful the contaminants can be to  
humans due to a lack of studies, but the city deemed the threat  
serious enough to immediately shut down the well and negotiate a deal  
with the U.S. Air Force to pay for it to find and build a new well.  
At the same time, state and federal officials have been conducting  
regular tests of the other city-owned wells at the Pease Tradeport,  
and the former base’s entire aquifer and nearby wells. Actions thus  
far show there could be a serious threat to people exposed to  
contaminant, including 200 children who attend Great Bay Kids Company  
at the tradeport.

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For the entire editorial, see
http://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20150226/NEWS/150229388/101180/ 
OPINION

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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
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