| From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | Tue, 4 Feb 2020 09:57:51 -0800 (PST) |
| Reply: | cpeo-military |
| Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Off-site contamination confirmed near Shaw Air Force Base (SC) |
Health officials confirm chemicals polluted drinking water near SC air base By Andrew Brown Charleston Post and Courier (SC) January 31, 2020 South Carolina health officials announced Thursday that the drinking water for roughly 259 people living near Shaw Air Force Base is contaminated with industrial chemicals, confirming what The Post and Courier reported earlier this month. New lab results show the tap water at the Crescent Mobile Home Park, located next to the sprawling air base in Sumter County, contains man-made chemicals known as perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances — PFAS for short. Those chemicals were used for decades in a variety of industrial processes, including the creation of a firefighting foam that was showered onto military bases during accidents and training exercises. … For the entire article, see https://www.postandcourier.com/news/health-officials-confirm-chemicals-polluted-drinking-water-near-sc-air/article_92bdf56e-4371-11ea-893f-9b62cba533ef.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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