[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Contaminated groundwater, a toxic legacy of Georgia’s air bases"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Contaminated groundwater, a toxic legacy of Georgia’s air bases


By Meris Lutz
Atlanta Journal-Constitution (CA)
January 3, 2018


For decades, the United States Air Force used a toxic firefighting foam that contaminated water near bases and exposed communities to chemicals linked to cancer and a variety of other health problems.

Recent tests at Georgia’s three air bases show extensive environmental contamination of groundwater caused by the foam.

Despite Air Force assurances that Georgia’s drinking water is safe for the thousands of people living around its installations, experts and neighboring residents are questioning those findings, claiming the military’s review was too narrow and failed to test any water off-base.

“Given that there are concentrations of these compounds on site, over time they’re going to move off of the site. That’s just common sense,” said Jamie DeWitt, an associate professor of pharmacology and toxicology at East Carolina University. “No contaminant obeys property lines.”

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For the entire article, see
https://www.ajc.com/news/local/contaminated-groundwater-toxic-legacy-georgia-air-bases/sKLbYPA7ucd7ojDr5NvtFI/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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