[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Groundwater near old Williams Air Force Base in Mesa [AZ] contaminated..."

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Groundwater near old Williams Air Force Base in Mesa contaminated by same 'forever chemicals' as Luke Air Force Base, records show

By Joshua Bowling
Arizona Republic
March 11, 2021

The same "forever chemicals" contaminating drinking water near Luke Air Force Base have been found in southeast Mesa's groundwater near Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport.

A December report from the U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center found high levels of the contaminants perfluorooctane sulfonate, or PFOS, and perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, in groundwater on and around the old Williams Air Force Base, which is now Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport and Arizona State University Polytechnic Campus.

The chemicals are common in carpeting, clothing treatments and a type of firefighting foam that Air Force bases used for decades to put out fires. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency links these chemicals to cancer and birth defects.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/mesa/2021/03/10/mesa-groundwater-contaminated-same-forever-chemicals-luke-afb/6948089002/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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