[CPEO-MEF] PFCs: "Air Force alone in halting use of foam that tainted wells"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Air Force alone in halting use of foam that tainted wells 

by Justine McDaniel and Laura McCrysta
Philadelphia Inquirer
August 22, 2016


The Air Force said last week that it would stop using the potentially dangerous firefighting foam that over years contaminated some local water supplies, but no other military branch has a public plan to ban the foam at its bases.

Since 2014, 16 wells have been closed in Bucks and Montgomery Counties after they were found to be tainted with PFOA and PFOS, chemicals linked to cancer that leached into local water supplies from firefighting foam used at two now-closed naval air bases. The military is investigating potential contamination at more than 600 bases nationwide.

The Air Force announcement came as elected officials are pushing for blood tests for residents of Warminster, Warrington and Horsham Townships, and muncipalities are taking extra, costly steps to ensure that their water is clean


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For the entire article, see
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20160822_Air_Force_alone_in_halting_use_of_foam_that_tainted_wells.html

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Lenny Siegel
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