Re: [CPEO-MEF] PFCs: "Expert: PFC levels in water should be 1 part per trillion"

["Steinberg, Barry P." <Barry.Steinberg@KutakRock.com>]

?What is level below which PFCs cannot be detected?


Barry P. Steinberg
Partner
Kutak Rock LLP
Washington, D.C.
________________________________
From: Military <military-bounces@lists.cpeo.org> on behalf of Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2016 4:56 PM
To: Military Environmental Forum
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] PFCs: "Expert: PFC levels in water should be 1 part per trillion"

Expert: PFC levels in water should be 1 part per trillion

By Anne Freedman
Bucks County Courier Times (PA)
September 18, 2016


The safe levels of perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in drinking water should be 1 part per trillion, according to a researcher who studies the impact of the contaminants on health.

At present, the EPA has determined water is safe with 70 parts per trillion levels of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS).

"They may have to revisit that," said Richard Clapp, an epidemiologist and professor emeritus of environmental health at Boston University, who spoke via Skype to more than 100 residents at a public meeting sponsored by the People for Clean Water at the former Johnsville Naval Development Center in Warminster. The base was also known as the Naval Air Warfare Center.

Clapp noted that an advisory group within the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection just proposed a contaminant level of 14 parts per trillion. "I think that's getting closer to what we need. That would be the lowest drinking water level of any state in the United States."

He noted, however, that "we think there are (health) effects even at that level."


...

For the entire article, see
http://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/news/horsham-pfos/expert-pfc-levels-in-water-should-be-part-per-trillion/article_a3064b80-3d52-5b98-b828-bb0ae92df4fa.html

Note: The publication provides free Internet content only for a limited period.

--

Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

This E-mail message is confidential, is intended only for the named recipients above and may contain information 
that is privileged, attorney work product or otherwise protected by applicable law. If you have received this 
message in error, please notify the sender at 402-346-6000 and delete this E-mail message. 
Thank you.
_______________________________________________
Military mailing list
Military@lists.cpeo.org
http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org