[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Contractors detect toxic ‘forever chemicals’ at Camp Atterbury," IN

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

CONTAMINATION CONCERNS: Contractors detect toxic ‘forever chemicals’ at Camp Atterbury

By Andy East
Columbus Republic (IN)
July 17, 2022


EDINBURGH — Camp Atterbury has confirmed that contractors have detected toxic “forever chemicals” linked to cancer, low birth weight and an array of other health problems in the groundwater on the training base near Edinburgh.

The base, which is located in parts of Bartholomew, Brown and Johnson counties, joins a growing list of military bases across the country that have been contaminated with compounds known as PFAS, which are a class of human-made compounds that have been used in countless consumer and industrial products

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At Camp Atterbury, the chemicals were detected in the groundwater near a storage site at the corner of Headquarters Road and Durban Street on the north side of the base, Indiana National Guard spokesman Master Sgt. Jeff Lowry told The Republic. The contamination may be related to the storage of firefighting foam that contained PFAS.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.therepublic.com/2022/07/17/contamination-concerns-contractors-detect-toxic-forever-chemicals-at-camp-atterbury/

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Lenny Siegel
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