| From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | Tue, 28 Mar 2017 23:08:31 -0700 (PDT) |
| Reply: | cpeo-military |
| Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] PFCs: Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst (NJ) |
Water on, off N.J. military base contaminated with chemicals, base says By Kevin Shea | NJ.com March 28, 2017 Tests on several water sources on and off Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst show contamination from two chemicals contained in firefighting foam used on the base for decades, the base said. On base, some of the tests show levels thousands of times higher than the federal government's health advisory level for drinking water. Off base, three private well were found with high levels of the compounds - perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). … For the entire article, see http://www.nj.com/burlington/index.ssf/2017/03/water_on_off_nj_military_base_contaminated_with_ch.html -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042 Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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