[CPEO-MEF] PFAS, REUSE: "Study Finds PFAS Levels 10 Times Above Safe at Million Air Site"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Study Finds PFAS Levels 10 Times Above Safe at Million Air Site 

by Damien Fisher
NH Journal
March 29, 2023
	

As the Million Air proposal to build a new fixed-based operator facility at Pease International Tradeport gets ready for take-off, a report about the already high PFAS contamination has some area residents concerned.

“There may be safeguards in place, but you’re just too close to this wetland, and there are too many unknowns,” said Danna Truslow, a hydrogeologist hired by Port City Air, to review the available data.

Truslow reviewed data gathered by the Air Force in 2014, the most recent available. Her analysis found the site Million Air wants to use for its FBO construction already has PFAS levels up to 10 times higher than those considered safe. And, she warned, construction that includes any dredging and filling of the adjacent wetlands risks disturbing the contamination, which could migrate to the aquifer that feeds the Haven Well or towards Hodgdon Brook and beyond.

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For the entire article, see
https://nhjournal.com/study-finds-pfas-levels-10-times-above-safe-at-million-air-site/


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Lenny Siegel
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