[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Georgia bases

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Top Pentagon officials to visit Georgia following questions about dangerous contamination at Dobbins

By Rob DiRienzo
Fox 5 Atlanta (GA)
December 14, 2021 

MARIETTA, Ga. - With new questions about what’s being done to fix the contamination of a dangerous chemical at Dobbins Air Reserve Base and three other bases throughout Georgia, U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) said top Pentagon officials will visit the state.

A report from the Office of the Inspector General found that the Department of Defense failed to protect service members and the surrounding communities of those bases from a toxic chemical called PFAS. Since the 1970s, firefighters used the chemical on the bases. It’s been found to cause cancer, thyroid disease, weakened immunity in children, among a host of other health problems.

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For the entire story, see
https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/top-pentagon-officials-to-visit-georgia-over-dangerous-contamination-at-dobbins

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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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