2017 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2017 15:19:07 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Health study at Peterson Air Force Base, CO
 
Health study tied to toxic Widefield Aquifer water moves ahead

By Tom Roeder  
Colorado Springs Gazette
December 22, 2017

The first health study examining Pikes Peak region residents who drank water tainted with chemicals from firefighting foam at Peterson Air Force Base is moving ahead after federal money for the work was approved.

Approval for the study of residents in Fountain, Security and Widefield was announced Thursday by the Colorado School of Public Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and the Colorado School of Mines. It will examine how perfluorinated compounds, a class of chemicals contained in the foam, have impacted the health of a small group of residents.

"By measuring biological markers of exposure and health indicators in a sample of approximately 200 people who consumed contaminated water, this study will provide communities and scientists with an improved understanding of the biopersistence and potential health impacts of (perfluorinated compounds)," CU-Anschutz said on its website.

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For the entire article, see
http://gazette.com/health-study-tied-to-toxic-widefield-aquifer-water-moves-ahead/article/1617677

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