[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Maine officials trying to hide scale of ex-navy base [Brunswick Naval Air Station] PFAS spill, advocates suspect"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Maine officials trying to hide scale of ex-navy base PFAS spill, advocates suspect
Government’s communication called ‘unconscionable’ after one of largest spills of toxic ‘forever chemicals’

By Tom Perkins
Guardian
September 13, 2024

A former US navy base in Maine has caused among the largest accidental spills of toxic PFAS “forever chemicals” ever recorded in the nation, and public health advocates suspect state officials are attempting to cover up its scale by reporting misleading and incomplete data.

Meanwhile, state and regional officials were slow to alert the public and are resisting calls to immediately test some private drinking water wells in the area despite its notoriously complex hydrology, which could potentially spread the contamination widely.

The spill was caused by a malfunctioning fire suppression system in a hangar at the Brunswick naval air station near Maine’s coast, which released about 51,000 gallons of PFAS-laden firefighting foam into nearby surface water, leading to astronomical levels of PFAS contamination.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/sep/13/maine-pfas-spill

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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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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