[CPEO-MEF] "Ansbach [Germany] drinking water safe, but chemical cleanup continues"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Ansbach drinking water safe, but chemical cleanup continues

By Michael S. Darnell
Stars and Stripes
June 24, 2016

GRAFENWOEHR, Germany  - Cleanup is underway after a high level of a discontinued chemical compound was found in the soil and groundwater near the Ansbach military community.

The chemical, perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, or PFOS, was widely used in firefighting foam until it was phased out about a decade ago. PFOS is in the perfluorochemical, or PFC, family of chemicals. They do not break down in the environment, and their effect on human health is not fully known, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Prompted in part by high-profile contamination cases near Nuremberg and Dusseldorf, the Ansbach city government requested a sampling of soil and water near the American military air field at Katterbach Kaserne.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.stripes.com/news/ansbach-drinking-water-safe-but-chemical-cleanup-continues-1.416131

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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