[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Shepherd Field Air National Guard Base, Martinsburg, WV

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Federal report on PFAS levels in residents’ blood near Shepherd Field Air National Guard Base in Martinsburg, WV points to drinking water as likely source
Report downplays role of food, dust, and other factors

By Pat Elder

Military Poisons
February 12, 2022

The Centers for Disease Control Prevention and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (CDC/ATSDR) have conducted an exposure assessment in the community surrounding the Shepherd Field Air National Guard Base, West Virginia.

Researchers looked at PFAS levels in water, blood serum, urine, and household dust. 275 people from 165 households participated in the sample collection event in 2019.  CDC/ATSDR points to the drinking water as the primary source of PFAS in this specific study and cohort. 

Let’s start with a snapshot of the community-wide findings recently made public and then explore the rest of the story, as early shock jock Paul Harvey used to say.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.militarypoisons.org/latest-news/federal-report-on-pfas-levels-in-residents-blood-near-shepherd-field-air-national-guard-base-in-martinsburg-wv-points-to-drinking-water-as-likely-source

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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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