[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Homes near Ellsworth Air Force Base (SD) "may get free water service"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Residents with contaminated wells near Box Elder may get free water service

By Siandhara Bonnet
Rapid City Journal (SD)
November 13, 2021

Residents on the southwest side of Ellsworth Air Force Base may get free water service from a potential new well near Black Hawk.

The South Dakota Ellsworth Development Authority is working with the base to establish the new water well to serve those with contaminated water from firefighting foam activities on the base.

Hundreds of residents and 26 private wells in the area were impacted with contamination of per and polyfluoroalkyl substances at levels 10 times what the Environmental Protection Agency deems safe. The substances are linked to cancer, thyroid disease, weakened immunity and other health systems.

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For the entire article, see
https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/residents-with-contaminated-wells-near-box-elder-may-get-free-water-service/article_b92fdb7a-2711-5afa-8498-c0ff54149193.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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Author: DISTURBING THE WAR: The Inside Story of the Movement to Get Stanford University out of Southeast Asia - 1965–1975 (See http://a3mreunion.org)

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