[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Cancer-causing chemicals found" near Fort Worth’s Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base (TX)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cancer-causing chemicals found in Fort Worth well. Could they be in city water?

BY HALEY SAMSEL
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
JULY 10, 2020

After years of using chemical-laden foam to put out fires on Fort Worth’s Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base, the Navy has found that at least one nearby private drinking water well has been contaminated with cancer-causing chemicals. 

The chemicals, perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are commonly found in food packaging, electronics, carpets and other plastics. They’re better known as PFAS, which refers to thousands of chemicals that share similar components.

Most Americans have been exposed to the two most well-known PFAS chemicals, PFOS and PFOA, due to its use in many consumer products, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.star-telegram.com/news/local/fort-worth/article244096547.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
http://www.cpeo.org






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