[CPEO-MEF] PFAS, HEALTH: Fountain Valley (CO) exposure assessment

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

The latest developments in the PFAS contamination saga

By Heidi Beedle
Southeast Express (CO)
September 28, 2020

Since the 2016 revelation that groundwater in Fountain Valley, which provided drinking water for Security-Widefield and Fountain, was contaminated with toxic per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, government agencies, residents and community activists have been struggling to come to terms with what is arguably one of the largest ecological contaminations in Colorado’s history. 

On Aug. 4, Chris Reh, associate director of the U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, led a virtual information session for residents of Security-Widefield and Fountain about its ongoing PFAS exposure assessment. The assessment will randomly select participants and test blood, urine and tap water for levels of PFAS chemicals. According to Reh, the assessment will identify how people might be exposed to chemicals, calculate the extent of exposure and determine if there is a health threat.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.southeastexpress.org/news/the-latest-developments-in-the-pfas-contamination-saga/article_4e775f88-01aa-11eb-bdc3-ab8f1da7edc8.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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