| From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | Mon, 6 Jan 2020 14:40:36 -0800 (PST) |
| Reply: | cpeo-military |
| Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Newspaper finds PFOS in drinking water near Shaw Air Force Base (SC) |
We found a chemical in tap water near an air base after SC failed to test for pollutants By Andrew Brown Charleston Post and Courier January 4, 2020 An industrial chemical has infiltrated the drinking water at a trailer park near Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter County, worrying residents, angering elected leaders and forcing state health officials to respond. Lab testing paid for by The Post and Courier shows tap water at the Crescent Mobile Home Park, a small community located directly next to the military base, contains significant levels of a chemical known as perfluorooctane sulfonate. The man-made compound - commonly referred to as PFOS - has been used by the military since the 1970s as part of a firefighting foam that service members routinely sprayed during accidents and training exercises. … For the entire article, see https://www.postandcourier.com/business/we-found-a-chemical-in-tap-water-near-an-air/article_1f24153c-27ee-11ea-8a04-7762b0ba3b51.html -- 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 http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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