[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Fairchild [Air Force] Base [WA} commander answers your questions about water contamination"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Fairchild Base commander answers your questions about water contamination

by Whitney Ward 
KREM TV-2 News (Spokane, WA)
December 0, 2017

AIRWAY HEIGHTS, Wash. – It has been more than six months since we learned about the water contamination in Airway Heights. The widespread contamination was traced back to foam used by firefighters on Fairchild Airforce Base. 

KREM 2’s Whitney Ward investigated the contamination from Fairchild that has impacted countless public and private wells across Airway Heights. We received a lot of feedback after the story aired. So, Whitney Ward sat down again with the commander of Fairchild Air Force Base again to get an update on the situation. 

A big takeaway from Whitney’s investigation is that the firefighting foam called AFFF was used for decades at Fairchild. It leached something called PFOS/PFOA into the groundwater, potentially impacting thousands of people. 

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For the entire story, see
http://www.krem.com/news/local/spokane-county/fairchild-base-commander-answers-your-questions-about-water-contamination/497148132

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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>

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