[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Grayling Army Airfield (MI)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Military Officials Pledge To Identify Safe Drinking Water To Homeowners Most Impacted In 2019

BY DAN SANDERSON 
Crawford County Avalanche (MI)
December 19?, 2018


A pilot project to confine cancer causing agents from a firefighting foam has been implemented at the Grayling  Army Airfield, and military officials pledged to find a safe source of drinking water to homeowners whose wells have been tainted by the foam.

A public meeting was held on Tuesday, Dec. 11, at the Kirtland Community College Health Science Community Room to update Grayling area residents on a drinking water investigation being completed by state and federal officials.

The National Guard Bureau issued a directive two years ago to identify water sources at every training facility, camp, fort, and armory. The order also included every installation which had an airfield where fire crash training occurred, or where fires occurred with the use of aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF). 

Water samples taken at the Grayling Army Airfield, where the foam was used for training purposes, tested positive for the chemicals in the fall of 2016.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.crawfordcountyavalanche.com/news/military-officials-pledge-identify-safe-drinking-water-homeowners-most-impacted-2019

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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
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