[CPEO-MEF] PFAS, COMMUNITIES: "Moose Creek [AK] residents raise concerns about contaminated soil incineration"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Moose Creek residents raise concerns about contaminated soil incineration

By Sara Tewksbury
KTUU/KTVF (Fairbanks, AK)
November 27, 2019

FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTVF) - FAIRBANKS, Alaska. (KTVF) A community meeting held Monday night brought residents, health advocates and stakeholders together to discuss concerns about remediation for contaminated soil. The soil is contaminated with per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS, most commonly from firefighting foams.

There are many communities across the country and in Alaska struggling with the aftermath of firefighting foams contaminating groundwater, including Moose Creek, Alaska.

Mark Sanford with Organic Incineration Technology in Moose Creek has been working with the Department of Environmental Conservation and the Environmental Protection Agency to test using incineration to burn PFAS out of the soil.

Now, there is a question about where chemicals burned out of the soil go. Citizens for Clean Air, an advocacy group, held a community meeting at Moose Creek Fire Station to bring advocates, residents and stakeholders together to give residents a chance to ask questions.

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For the entire story, see
https://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Moose-Creek-residents-raise-concerns-about-contaminated-soil-incineration-565540661.html

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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
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
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