[CPEO-MEF] PFCs: "Air Force investigating potential contamination at New Jersey's Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Air Force investigating potential contamination at New Jersey's Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst

By Kyle Bagenstose and Kristina Scala
The Intelligencer
May 1, 2016 

When firefighting foam is used to put out fuel fires on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst - during training exercises or emergencies - the brilliant white chemical solution can cover the ground like snow.

But what happens to it next is a murky gray.

The joint base is in the midst of an investigation into the potential dangers of the use of the foam as part of an assessment the U.S. Department of Defense is conducting at hundreds of military bases across the country.

The aqueous film-forming foams have been used by the military for decades, but the chemical byproducts of the foam have been associated with health effects for humans and animals only in the past 15 years.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.theintell.com/news/local/air-force-investigating-potential-contamination-at-new-jersey-s-joint/article_cef70ae0-779f-58dc-b7a3-77cd26a553e4.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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