[CPEO-MEF] PFCs: Pennsylvania Congressman "calls for congressional hearings on water contamination"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Boyle calls for congressional hearings on water contamination

By Kyle Bagenstose
Intelligencer (PA)
June 6, 2016 

Are Flint, Michigan-style congressional hearings needed on unregulated chemicals perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS)?
Congressman Brendan Boyle, D-13, of Philadelphia, thinks so.

He announced in a press release Monday that he was calling for congressional hearings to "investigate threats to groundwater contamination" at more than 600 former and active military sites across the country, including in Bucks and Montgomery counties.

“While I appreciate the EPA’s heightened scrutiny of these contaminants and the Navy’s commitment to monitoring wells and taking implicated wells offline, I believe officials have thus far failed to present adequate information to the public regarding the latest science and known health risks posed to our community,” Boyle said in the release, discussing actions taken locally.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.theintell.com/news/horsham-pfos/boyle-calls-for-congressional-hearings-on-water-contamination/article_317d8130-338f-5cf1-9a8b-aacd05b8cbce.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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