[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Field tests of soil treatment technologies at Schriever Space Force Base (CO)

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Testing of PFAS treatment at Schriever Space Force Base

by Frank Heagle
Fox 21 TV News (Southern Colorado)
November 10, 2023

(COLORADO SPRINGS) — Colorado School of Mines is working on new research on how to best treat PFAS-contained soil, with testing happening at Schriever Space Force Base. 

PFAS are a class of chemicals linked to serious health impacts like cancer, organ damage, and suppression of the immune system. These are the same kinds of chemicals found in water in the Fountain and Security-Widefield area back in 2016, believed to have come from firefighting foam used at what was at the time Peterson and Scheriever Air Force Bases. 

A research team from The Colorado School of Mines is now developing and testing prototype treatment technologies for the destruction of PFAS associated with soils and sediments highly contaminated with firefighting aqueous film-forming foam (AFFF). The Mines team will evaluate three different soil and sediment treatment technologies as well as three destructive technologies that can handle concentrated waste streams. All fieldwork will occur at Schriever Space Force Base, just outside Colorado Springs, Colorado.

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For the entire story, see
https://www.fox21news.com/news/testing-of-pfas-treatment-at-schriever-space-force-base/

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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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