[CPEO-MEF] Defense secretary pledges to address PFAS contamination

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

By Jeff McMenemy
Seacoast Online (NH)
April 16, 2019 
 
 
PORTSMOUTH -- The Acting Secretary of Defense pledged to “quickly address the presence of PFOS and PFOA in drinking water that resulted from DOD (Department of Defense) activities.”

“The department takes its cleanup responsibility seriously and undertakes these actions in an open and transparent manner,” Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan wrote in a recent letter to U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H.

He added in the letter that DOD supports the Environmental Protection Agency “issuing regulatory standards for PFOS and PFOA that help ensure a consistent and nationwide cleanup process. ... It is clear PFOS and PFOA is a serious environmental concern that needs a comprehensive, national regulatory solution.”

His letter comes after Shaheen questioned him during a Senate Armed Services committee hearing in March about a New York Times report that stated the Pentagon was lobbying the Trump administration to adopt a weaker standard for PFAS chemicals.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.seacoastonline.com/news/20190416/defense-secretary-pledges-to-address-pfas-contamination

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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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