2019 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2019 11:42:11 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Arundel [ME] farmers say their blood samples show high levels of ‘forever chemicals’"
 
Arundel farmers say their blood samples show high levels of ‘forever chemicals’
Fred and Laura Stone's dairy farm has been shut down because of contamination from PFAS they say got into their water, soil and cows' milk from municipal sludge used as fertilizer. 


BY KEVIN MILLER
Press Herald (ME)
August 15, 2019

An Arundel couple whose dairy farm is contaminated by so-called “forever chemicals” had up to 20 times the national average of PFAS in their blood, according to test results released Thursday by the farmers’ attorneys.

Fred and Laura Stone’s dairy operation has been shut down because of chemical pollution in their groundwater, soil and cows’ milk. In a lawsuit, the Stones contend their farm was contaminated by PFAS in the treated municipal sludge or paper mill ash that was applied on their crop fields as fertilizer for years.

Blood samples collected in June by the Stones’ physician and tested by a California laboratory showed that Fred Stone’s blood had levels of PFOS – one type of chemical in the larger PFAS family – of 111 parts per billion while Laura Stone tested at 93.5 parts per billion. The national average for PFOS is 4.7 parts per billion, according to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.pressherald.com/2019/08/15/arundel-farmers-say-blood-samples-show-high-levels-of-forever-chemicals/

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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