[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Yakima Training Center, WA

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Yakima Training Center wants to test nearby drinking water for possible contamination

by PHIL FEROLITO 
Yakima Herald-Republic (WA)
July 19, 2021

Yakima Training Center officials are seeking permission from property owners to the west and southwest to test their drinking water to assure it hasn’t been impacted by Army operations.

A private company will conduct the sampling and testing of rural domestic wells for unsafe presence of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), which are used in film forming foam, an essential ingredient in firefighting agents used to quickly extinguish petroleum fires, according to a Training Center news release.

The training center has used such firefighting agents, the release said.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/yakima-training-center-wants-to-test-nearby-drinking-water-for-possible-contamination/article_d65a8a2d-83d8-5b48-ab33-cc72b6c4b29c.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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