[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Marine Corp Air Station Beaufort, SC

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Marines worry 115 wells near Beaufort base could be tainted with firefighting chemicals 

BY KARL PUCKETT
Hilton Head Island Packet (SC)
DECEMBER 09, 2022

Marine Corp Air Station Beaufort has 28 sites where potentially harmful chemicals known as PFAS have tainted the groundwater, including some areas with concentrations of 1 million parts per trillion — far above what’s considered safe for human consumption. 

The main threat, according to Capt. Thomas Jones, a MCAS Beaufort spokesman, is whether the pollution has migrated off base and tainted private drinking water wells nearby.

 “The big thing is identifying drinking water wells off base because that’s the chief concern, is that people are consuming things that include PFAs that are over that 70 parts per trillion (ppt) lifetime health advisory,” Jones said.


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For the entire article, see
https://www.islandpacket.com/news/local/community/beaufort-news/bg-military/article269810752.html

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Lenny Siegel
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