[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "DOD: ‘Too early’ to say whether it will lower PFAS numbers at bases"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

DOD: ‘Too early’ to say whether it will lower PFAS numbers at bases

By Kyle Bagenstose
Intelligencer (PA)
July 3, 2018 
 
A new draft CDC report puts forth safe limits for PFAS chemicals at a fraction of what the EPA and military are using. The DOD says it’s too early to say whether it might adjust its response to nationwide contamination based on the new figures.

The Department of Defense says it is “too early” to determine whether it will adhere to newly recommended safety limits for toxic chemicals being found at military bases across the country, including in Bucks and Montgomery counties.

The subject of ongoing coverage by this news organization, toxic perfluorinated compounds, also known as PFAS, have been found in nationally high amounts in area drinking water in recent years. The chemicals originated in firefighting foams used at a trio of current and former military bases in Warminter, Horsham and Warrington.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.theintell.com/news/20180703/dod-too-early-to-say-whether-it-will-lower-pfas-numbers-at-bases

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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