From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Thu, 14 Jun 2018 11:56:28 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Bucks and Montco towns [PA] with water contamination chosen for blood testing" |
Bucks and Montco towns with water contamination chosen for blood testing by Justine McDaniel & Laura McCrystal Philadelphia Inquirer (PA) May 31, 2018 Bucks and Montgomery County residents who drank contaminated water for years have a rare chance to find out what’s in their bloodstreams as part of a blood-testing study for what federal officials hope will become a national testing program. But the Pennsylvania Department of Health ran into an unexpected issue — not enough households have signed up for the testing. The department wants to test the blood of 500 residents in neighborhoods surrounding the Naval Air Warfare Center Warminster and Naval Air Station Willow Grove, where drinking water was contaminated by chemicals leaching off the bases. … For the entire article, see http://www.philly.com/philly/news/pennsylvania/bucks-montgomery-water-contamination-pfas-pfoa-navy-military-base-blood-test-20180531.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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