[CPEO-MEF] HEALTH, PFCs: More blood tests at former Pease Air Force Base (NH)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

CDC to perform more blood tests in connection with Haven Well contamination

By JAMES A. KIMBLE
Manchester Union Leader (NH)
June 3. 2015 

PORTSMOUTH — The Centers for Disease Control will conduct blood tests on 500 people exposed to contaminants from the Haven Well at Pease Tradeport.

“We are glad that those who have been exposed to these contaminants will be able to undergo the testing they need while limiting undue financial burden on the State of New Hampshire and the City of Portsmouth,” said Sens. Jeanne Shaheen and Kelly Ayotte in a joint statement.

Shaheen and Ayotte, both members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, worked to secure funding for additional tests. Funding for the added testing was included in a provision in the National Defense Authorization Act report.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.unionleader.com/article/20150603/NEWS12/150609593

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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