[CPEO-MEF] PFCs: "Pease, Portsmouth [NH] wells at risk of contamination"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Pease, Portsmouth wells at risk of contamination

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


The move to shut off the city-owned Haven well, which is located near  
the main runway at Portsmouth International Airport at Pease, means  
it's now more likely the contamination that closed that well could  
travel to other wells, according to Scott Hilton, project manager for  
the state Department of Environmental Services’ Pease Superfund site.

"Now that the Haven well is shut off, we are concerned about the  
impact of the contamination flowing to the southern well field,"  
Hilton said Friday. This field is the site of the Smith and Harrison  
wells at Pease International Tradeport.

City officials closed down the city-owned Haven well last May after  
the Air Force tested the well and found levels of perfluorooctane  
sulfonic acid (PFOS) 10 times higher than the Environmental  
Protection Agency’s Provisional Health Advisory, Hilton said. The EPA  
has classified PFOS as a "contaminant of emerging concern" because of  
its potential harm to people. PFOS are a class of chemicals known as  
PFCs, or perfluorochemicals, according to state officials.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20150426/NEWS/150429346/101149/ 
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