2019 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 20:49:13 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] PFAS, REUSE: Former Chanute Air Force Base (IL)
 
Special Report: 'Forever chemicals' in Rantoul groundwater

by Lauren Kostiuk
Fox Illinois (WICS/WCCU) TV news
October 16, 2019

RANTOUL, Ill. - They are nicknamed "forever chemicals" - PFAS, a group of more than 6,000 perfluorinated carboxylic acid.

We drink them. We eat them. We breathe them.

For more than 70 years, these man-made chemicals have been polluting our water and making people sick, specifically PFOS and PFOA.

The two chemicals were used in the production of non-stick cookware like Teflon and stain-resistant products like Stainmaster and Scotchgard as early as the 1940s. 

…

For the entire story, see
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/special-report-forever-chemicals-in-rantoul-ground-water

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