| From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | Fri, 6 Sep 2019 23:45:59 -0700 (PDT) |
| Reply: | cpeo-military |
| Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Contamination found at San Antonio, TX Air Force Bases |
Groundwater contamination found at local Air Force bases by APRIL MOLINA News 4 San Antonio (TX) September 5, 2019 SAN ANTONIO - An escalating crisis over the toxic "Forever Chemicals" is getting attention on a national level. Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) have been used at military bases in the foam used to extinguish aircraft fires since 1970. "When the foam was developed, obviously we didn't know what we know today," said Joint Base San Antonio Installation Support Section Chief, Cornell Long. Long time San Antonio resident, Diana Lopez didn't know either, but it was on her radar, having grown up near Leon Creek, which is also close to Lackland Air Force Base and the former, Kelly Air Force Base. … For the entire article, see https://news4sanantonio.com/news/trouble-shooters/groundwater-contamination-found-at-local-air-force-bases -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director Center for Public Environmental Oversight A project of the Pacific Studies Center LSiegel@cpeo.org P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042 Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918 http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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