[CPEO-MEF] PFCs, HEALTH: "Amico wants continued tests for Pease [NH] water contamination"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Amico wants continued tests for Pease water contamination

By Jeff McMenemy
Foster’s Daily Democrat (NH)
March 09. 2016 

PORTSMOUTH – The mother who spearheaded the effort to get anyone exposed to contaminated city water tested is now calling for the Air Force to pay for periodic blood tests to help monitor people’s health.

Andrea Amico’s comments came recently after the state of Vermont initially sent out an advisory to doctors working in the area of Bennington and Rutland asking them to screen patients who have been exposed to perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA.

“We recommend a liver panel, testing for kidney function, lipid panel as well as uric acid analysis to understand more about potential health implications of PFOA exposure in your patients,” Vermont’s state toxicologist Sarah Vose said in a letter to doctors there.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.fosters.com/article/20160309/NEWS/160309301

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Lenny Siegel
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