[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Army finds more wells with contamination near Yakima Training Center, " WA

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army finds more wells with contamination near Yakima Training Center

By VANESSA ONTIVEROS 
Yakima Herald-Republic (WA)
March 1, 2022

The U.S. Army found relatively high levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in more wells near the Yakima Training Center during its second round of drinking water testing.

The Army is giving people who use those wells bottled water and will continue to do so.

The Army tested 86 drinking water sources on private property close to YTC during late January. At 30 wells that provide water for 44 residences the levels of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance, or PFAS, exceeded the Environmental Protection Agency’s Lifetime Health Advisory of 70 parts per trillion, according to the release. Those affected were given drinking water alternatives, like bottled water.
 
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For the entire article, see
https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/army-finds-more-wells-with-contamination-near-yakima-training-center/article_976cd4a9-dd85-540f-a91c-d0f8b4c0c084.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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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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