2019 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Mon, 2 Dec 2019 11:11:46 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "DOD testing for PFAS in water, but not screening firefighters"
 
DOD testing for PFAS in water, but not screening firefighters

by APRIL MOLINA
News 4 San Antonio (TX)
November 26, 2019

SAN ANTONIO - The Department of Defense has known the firefighting foam used to extinguish jet fuel fires was bad for the environment for the last few years.

This knowledge and an EPA advisory prompted water testing on military bases and installations nationwide, but a local firefighter expressed concerned because they've yet to begin screening firefighters.

An Air Force firefighter reached out to News 4 San Antonio after seeing a Trouble Shooters investigation into the aqueous film forming foam that contaminated both ground water and drinking water.

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For the entire story, see
https://news4sanantonio.com/news/trouble-shooters/dod-testing-for-pfas-in-water-but-not-screening-firefighters

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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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