[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: Contamination found at Whidbey Island (WA) cooperative

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Neighborhood in limbo over contaminated well
A resident-owned community on North Whidbey discovered two types of PFAS contamination in its water.

By Sam Fletcher 
Whidbey News-Times (WA)
July 26, 2024 

When the Whispering Pines Cooperative, a 55-manufactured-home, resident-owned community on North Whidbey, took advantage of the Department of Health’s initial free water testing, they discovered two types of polyfluoroalkyl substance, or PFAS, contamination.

According to the Department of Health, the Whispering Pines well tested positive for two PFAS chemicals — 5 parts per trillion of PFOS, and 4.3 parts per trillion of PFOA. Three months ago, the Biden administration put a strict limit of 4 parts per trillion for both types of the so-called “forever chemicals” in drinking water, which may help communities on Whidbey limit their exposure.

At the time at which Whispering Pines staff took the original test, the state action level was — and still is — 15 parts per trillion for PFOS and 10 parts per trillion for PFOA. Because the community’s contamination was well beneath the state action level, the operations manager, Scott Hager, didn’t think anything of it, he said.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.whidbeynewstimes.com/news/neighborhood-in-limbo-over-contaminated-well/

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Lenny Siegel
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