[CPEO-MEF] PFCs: "Horsham [PA] Votes on How to Clean Up Contaminated Water"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Horsham Votes on How to Clean Up Contaminated Water

By Karen Araiza
NBC 10 News (Philadelphia, PA)
June 28, 2016

Families in Bucks and Montgomery counties urged local lawmakers to clean up their drinking water during a meeting before Horsham Township Council. The demands come a day before they decide to join a class-action lawsuit. NBC10's Denise Nakano has the details.

Growing concerns over tainted water pushed Horsham Township leaders in a direction they boast could make their drinking water some of the safest in the country among communities dealing with PFC contamination.

PFCs or perfluorinated chemicals including PFOA and PFOS were found in the township’s private and public water supplies. The unregulated chemicals are in firefighting foam used for decades at the Willow Grove Naval Air Station and Joint Reserve Base.

Council adopted a measure Monday night they say should reduce the level of those unregulated chemicals in the public water supply to 1 part per trillion by the end of the year. The Environmental Protection Agency’s lifetime exposure advisory level for PFOA and PFOS combined is 70 parts per trillion.


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For the entire story, see
http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/local/Horsham-Votes-to-Clean-Up-Contaminated-Water-384641931.html

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