2018 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2018 15:51:42 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Health officials prepare findings from blood tests of Bucks, Montco [PA] residents with contaminated water, "
 
Health officials prepare findings from blood tests of Bucks, Montco residents with contaminated water

by Justine McDaniel and Laura McCrystal
Philadelphia Inquirer (PA)
November 21, 2018

State health officials have sent blood-sampling results to the 235 residents tested in the Bucks and Montgomery County towns where drinking water was tainted by chemicals from nearby military bases and hope to release in weeks a public report on the scope of the contamination.

The testing occurred as part of a pilot program for a federal initiative to sample residents' blood in communities affected by the contamination. Pennsylvania officials will share information from their testing of Horsham, Warminster, and Warrington Township residents with federal agencies to help develop potential testing programs in other communities across the country.

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For the entire article, see
http://www2.philly.com/philly/news/pfas-blood-test-bucks-montgomery-pfoa-pfos-20181121.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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