[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Fort Indiantown Gap Army National Guard base, Lebanon County, Pennsylvania

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Fort Indiantown Gap added to list of PFAS contamination sites

By Brett Sholtis
State Impact Pennsylvania/National Public Radio
SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

(Lebanon) - Fort Indiantown Gap Army National Guard base in Lebanon County has been added to the state Department of Environmental Protection’s growing list of military and industrial sites where the PFAS class of chemicals has been found.

The toxic chemicals were widely used in industrial and consumer products and are often found around military airstrips where firefighting foam was used. PFAS has been connected to liver damage, high cholesterol and cancer.

PFAS was first detected at the Gap in summer 2017, said Pa. Department of Military and Veterans’ Affairs environmental management director John Franco. It was found in a water well in part of the base called the “training corridor.”



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For the entire story, see
https://stateimpact.npr.org/pennsylvania/2019/09/09/fort-indiantown-gap-added-to-list-of-pfas-contamination-sites/

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Lenny Siegel
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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