[CPEO-MEF] "Midway community [CO] seeks resources for PFAS contamination"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Midway community seeks resources for PFAS contamination
A small community in southern El Paso County says they've been overlooked with contamination of cancer-causing chemicals. They're now looking to get funding for short and long-term solutions.

By Alasyn Zimmerman
KOAA TV-5 News (Southern CO)
March 13, 2023

EL PASO COUNTY — A southern El Paso County community is looking to secure grant money to tackle a challenge it's facing with contaminated water. 

Throughout the last decade, communities in parts of El Paso County have discovered Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances known as PFAs in the water. In 2016, people living in Security-Widefield and Fountain learned the contamination came from firefighting foam from Peterson Air Force Base. 

Since the discovery, funding has paid for various water treatment facilities in both Security-Widefield and Fountain. 

For one community in southern El Paso County, the PFAs levels have been around for years, but neighbors say there's a renewed concern for the contamination.

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For the entire story, see
https://www.koaa.com/news/covering-colorado/midway-community-seeks-resources-for-pfas-contamination

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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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