[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Pennsylvania residents part of national blood-testing study

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

PFAS in Bucks County and Montco: Some residents test high for 'forever chemicals' near bases

By Zack Boyd
Bucks County Courier Times (PA)
December 13, 2022


When Joe McGrath first found out about the contamination of PFAS chemicals in his community, he immediately knew he could be at risk.

Six years later, he was one of the first people in Pennsylvania to sign up for an ongoing study that will help shape understanding of these chemicals and their impacts on human health, and for the first time measure exposure in residents living near contaminated sites.

McGrath worked for nearly 30 years at the National Air Force Joint Reserve Base Willow Grove that contributed to the groundwater contamination in Bucks and Montgomery counties on and around the base. Today, he is one of nearly 1,000 residents in impacted areas, including Horsham, Willow Grove and Warminster, who have volunteered for a nationwide study that includes six sites in other states. 

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For the entire article, see
https://www.theintell.com/story/news/special-reports/2022/12/14/bucks-county-montgomery-county-residents-that-live-near-3-military-bases-get-tested-for-pfas-dod/69712386007/

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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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