[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Investigation of Pocasset contamination plume underway, " Joint Base Cape Cod (MA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Investigation of Pocasset contamination plume underway

By Christine Legere
Cape Cod Times (MA) 
December 7, 2018 
 
POCASSET - Firefighters from Joint Base Cape Cod handled a couple of fuel fires from tanker truck rollovers at the Otis Rotary in 1997 and 2000 with a foam that is known to be effective when fuel is involved.

In each case, about 500 gallons of fuel were spilled, and cleanup at the rotary focused on removing fuel contamination.

At the time, perflourinated compounds known as PFOS and PFOA that were contained in firefighting foam had not yet been identified by the government as contaminants that could cause health problems.

The compound-laced firefighting foam went down the drains at the Otis Rotary and seeped into groundwater, where it has been traveling westward into the Pocasset area since the two accidents.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20181206/investigation-of-pocasset-contamination-plume-underway

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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>
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