| From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | Mon, 16 Apr 2018 20:25:16 -0700 (PDT) |
| Reply: | cpeo-military |
| Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "PFAS foam used at Ford Airport [MI] uphill from homes" |
PFAS foam used at Ford Airport uphill from homes By Ken Kolker WOOD TV-8 News (Grand Rapids, MI) March 28, 2018 CASCADE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — The same PFAS-laced firefighting foam that has polluted lakes, rivers and wells around Air Force bases was used extensively at the Gerald R. Ford International Airport, Target 8 has found. Three former Ford Airport fire chiefs told Target 8 the likely carcinogen drained into the ground untreated. They said the airport and the state should test the wells of nearby homes. "They need to identify the plume, if there is one, and they need to immediately advise the people downstream to stop drinking the water," former Airport Fire Chief Glen Lathers said. … For the entire article, see http://www.woodtv.com/news/target-8/pfas-foam-used-at-ford-airport-uphill-from-homes/1085854590 -- 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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