[CPEO-MEF] PFCs: "State wants to reopen Pease [NH[ blood testing"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State wants to reopen Pease blood testing

By Jeff McMenemy
Seacoast Online (NH)
July 15. 2015 


PORTSMOUTH - State Department of Health and Human Services officials are “exploring all measures” to reopen testing for anyone exposed to contaminated water in a city-owned well, according to Jake Leon, director of communications for the department.

Leon made the comment after DHHS encouraged people who were exposed to “contaminants of emerging concern,” but missed the deadline to sign up for testing, to contact them at their public inquiry line at 271-9461.

“We are working to identify additional resources to continue blood testing for PFCs for individuals who worked or attended child-care facilities on the Pease Tradeport,” officials reported in their weekly update.

The city closed the Haven well at Pease International Tradeport in May 2014 after the Air Force tested the well and found levels of perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) 12.5 times higher than the EPA’s Provisional Health Advisory (PHA), according to the order.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.seacoastonline.com/article/20150715/NEWS/150719457/101017/NEWS

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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