[CPEO-MEF] PFCs: "Groundwater Contamination Tests Begin at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst" (NJ)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Groundwater Contamination Tests Begin at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst

Sandpaper (NJ)
Aug 31, 2016

A company hired by the U.S. Department of Defense has begun testing groundwater at  Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst to assess potential perfluorinated compound contamination. “In response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s provisional health advisory for two forms of perfluorinated compounds (PFOS/PFOA), the Air Force has been working to identify all sites on installations where those PFCs may have been released as part of a firefighting effort or training scenario,” Air Force Civil Engineer Center Public Affairs explained.

“PFCs are a component of aqueous film-forming foam, a firefighting foam that has been used by the Air Force and other DoD components to protect people and property from fuel-based fires. As part of a comprehensive assessment process, the Air Force determined PFC-containing firefighting foam may have been released at approximately 200 installations (active, Reserve, Air National Guard and closed).”

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For the entire article, see
http://thesandpaper.villagesoup.com/p/groundwater-contamination-tests-begin-at-joint-base-mcguire-dix-lakehurst/1566160

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Lenny Siegel
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