[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Army to install filtration systems near Yakima Training Center (WA)

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army to install filtration systems for forever chemicals in East Selah homes this fall

By SANTIAGO OCHOA 
Yakima Herald-Republic (WA)
Julyl 23, 2023


The U.S. Army will begin installing whole-home water filtration systems in East Selah households with contaminated groundwater this fall, officials said. 

Over the past week, Army officials and contractors visited households in the area to discuss the installation of point-of-entry-treatment system filters. These systems will be installed outside, where they can filter all water coming from a contaminated well before it enters a home. They will replace the bottled water the Army has been providing to affected residents for almost two years.

The filters will reduce the concentration of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as forever chemicals, to levels that meet federal standards. PFAS refers to a large family of chemicals, some of which are toxic to humans in minute quantities and can remain in the body for years.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.yakimaherald.com/news/local/army-to-install-filtration-systems-for-forever-chemicals-in-east-selah-homes-this-fall/article_4e3ac23c-27fc-11ee-b148-6b7876f59375.html

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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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