[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Colorado ramps up response to toxic 'forever chemicals' ..."

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Colorado ramps up response to toxic “forever chemicals” after discovery of hot spots across metro Denver
State plan to deal with PFAS groundwater contaminated at levels thousands of times higher than recommended max

By BRUCE FINLEY 
Denver Post (CO)
September 10, 2019 

Groundwater tests over the past year have detected high levels of toxic “forever chemicals” across the Denver metro area, contamination that’s both wider and more severe than previously known.

The discovery of these fluorochemicals, known as PFAS, at Buckley Air Force Base, along Sand Creek and at the Suncor oil refinery - as well as at new sites west of Boulder and around Colorado Springs - compelled state health officials this month to ramp up Colorado’s response.

Tests have measured PFAS contamination of groundwater in metro Denver at levels up to 2,928 times higher than a federal health advisory limit, officials at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment told The Denver Post.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.denverpost.com/2019/09/10/pfas-chemical-contamination-denver-colorado/

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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
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